Charles E. Wilson Quotes
There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations.
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That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
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I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.
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I think that, a lot of times in Hollywood pictures, the reality, the messy reality of women's lives - it's avoided, because I think people are just afraid of it. There's a standard that women are set to, to try to keep everybody comfortable.
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No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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I love working with women.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.
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The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.
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And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.
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For a long time, I believed that a great piece of music on its own could do more to stir the soul than any other single art form.
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I really do believe that no one is too pious to fall or too far gone to be redeemed in some way. Jaime Lannister on 'Game of Thrones' did terrible things, and now I feel so bad for him because his sister won't kiss him. Isn't that weird? Does she not love him? He lost a hand! It kills me that I care.
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That was all well and fine, but there was still some unfinished business, I felt, with the Lakers.
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Who of us is able to read and understand and be entirely confident of the validity of his title to the land he lives on, and which he has redeemed from a state of nature by the most indefatigable industry and perseverance?
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I really like people and I keep friendships. I have people from all parts of my life.
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There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations.
