Wilson Quotes

• I love the Seahawks because of Russell [Wilson] and I think that I'm going to probably go for them!

  Katy Perry

  Thinking

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• My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.

  Eddie Murphy

  Real, Men, Sound

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• As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I became fascinated by the presidency of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton University.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  War, Princeton University, Eras

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• The historical Woodrow Wilson suffered from numerous complaints which we might today label as psychosomatic. Yet, Wilson did have a stroke as a relatively young man of 39 and seemed always to be ill. He was 'high-strung' - intensely neurotic - yet a charismatic personality nonetheless.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Men, Personality, Historical

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• Three cheers for Sheriff Wilson. - Bucky Dideron

  Annette Curtis Klause

  Cheer, Three, Sheriffs

  Annette Curtis Klause (1999). “Blood and Chocolate”, Laurel Leaf

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• Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Pull all your eggs in the one basket and - WATCH THAT BASKET." - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Wise, Money

  Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) ch. 15

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• Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more or less stops there.

  Jonathan Raban

  White, House, President

  "'He tried his best to veil it, but Obama is an intellectual'" by Jonathan Raban, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2008.

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• The summer of 2002 at the Wilson birthday party I met Van Dyke again and I made plans to have dinner with him.

  Matthew Sweet

  Birthday, Summer, Party

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• I went to a rare live Van Dyke show and met him there. And then he came to a show of mine and we spoke back stage. The third time was at Brian Wilson's birthday party.

  Matthew Sweet

  Birthday, Party, Dykes

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• You'll never meet a nicer guy than Owen Wilson.

  Vince Vaughn

  Guy

  "Actor Vince Vaughn Enters the 'No Spin Zone' to Discuss His New Christmas Movie". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. November 8, 2007.

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• I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.

  Flip Wilson

  Thinking, Way, Comedy

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• Wilson stopped and stood silent. Inattention dies a quick and sure death when a speaker does that.

  Mark Twain

  Doe, Inattention, Silent

  Mark Twain (2015). “The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson”, p.171, Library of Alexandria

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• I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.

  Oksana Baiul

  Edmonton, Use, Boots

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• In the end, the tragedy of Harold Wilson was that you couldn't believe a word he said

  Tony Benn

  Believe, Tragedy, Politics

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• I just liked stand-up comedy so much. I used to memorize Bill Cosby albums and other people's albums, George Carlin, Flip Wilson.

  Drew Carey

  People, Albums, Bills

  "Drew Carey remembers when The Tonight Show really meant something". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 17, 2012.

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• I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while.

  Jose Carreras

  Numbers, Juniors, Toss

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• I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson.

  Joan Collins

  Light, Pairs, Costumes

  "It was a show-stopping photo - Joan Collins still every inch the glamourpuss. But, she says, it ain't easy to look agelessly fab". www.dailymail.co.uk. December 11, 2013.

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• I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian.

  Bobby Darin

  Thinking, Comedian, Flip

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• They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Failure, President, Blunders

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• In country music, there are certain female artists, like Gretchen Wilson, where you're going to find lesbians because they're responding to that more aggressive side.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Country, Artist, Female

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• One of my earliest memories is seeing the bright blue, Epic 45 of Jackie Wilson singing 'Higher and Higher,' and I'd say, 'That one!' and my parents would play it every Sunday afternoon and we'd all get up and leap around the house.

  Bronagh Gallagher

  Memories, Sunday, Epic

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• I really don't know but I would quote for a book from JACQUELINE WILSON which is a very interesting book of her childhood.

  Jacqueline Wilson

  Book, Interesting, Childhood

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• I suppose maybe [Wilson] would be a better person if he were able to censor himself, but then he wouldn't be as interesting.

  Woody Harrelson

  Interesting, Would Be, Able

  Source: collider.com

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• President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it.

  Ken Follett

  Blow, One Direction, Wind

  Ken Follett (2011). “Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy”, p.347, Penguin

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• To put it kindly, I am a very talkative, social person. To put it less kindly, I’m a flibbertigibbet, which is what my frenemy Rainn Wilson calls me.

  Mindy Kaling

  Social, Call Me, Talkative

  Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)”, p.142, Crown/Archetype

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