C. J. Box Quotes
As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them.
Quotes to Explore
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I applied to only one college - the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania - and was fortunate to be accepted. After graduation, I headed to Wall Street and worked as I had dreamed.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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We shred every day.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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I've never been a partier.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day.
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The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.
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In the U.S.A., technical innovations come out of universities and the research produced by Ph.D. students. We don't have that happening in India.
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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I got interested in coaching while I played at St. Joseph's. Because we played a national schedule, we played teams coached by Nat Holman, Joe Lapchick, Hank Iba, and others. I could see the impact the coach had on their teams, and I thought, 'That's a pretty good thing to do.'
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.
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Our nation is today a powerful nation.
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The paradox is that money never meant anything to me. And it still doesn't, except now as an occasion for regret in that there are things that I want to make sure my family is protected when I pass.
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I can't tell you the joy I felt in flying in that show … I loved it so. The freedom of spirit that was Peter Pan was suddenly there for me. I discovered I was happier in the air than on the ground.
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The definition of marriage cannot be disputed. It's right there in black and white and it's been the same since the start of Wikipedia.
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I needed my mistakes in their order to get me here.
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As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them.
