Wilson Quotes - Page 5

• They always believe that 'things are in a bad way now,' but they 'haven't any faith in these idealists.' One minute they call Wilson 'just a dreamer, not practical'- a year later they rail at him for making his dreams realities. They haven't clear logical ideas on one single subject except a sturdy, stolid opposition to all change. They don't think uneducated people should be highly paid, but they won't see that if they don't pay the uneducated people their children are going to be uneducated too, and we're going round and round in a circle. That- is the great middle class.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Dream, Children, Believe

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). “Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi”, p.996, Simon and Schuster

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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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• 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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• 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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• I speculate over some of the Anglo nomenclature of birds: Wilson's snipe, Forster's tern . . . : What natural images do these names conjure up in our minds? What integrity do we give back to the birds with our labels.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Integrity, Names, Giving

  Terry Tempest Williams (1984). “Pieces of White Shell: A Journey to Navajoland”, p.66, UNM Press

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• James [Wilson] has a great future ahead of him. Everyone can see he has a great left foot, it's incredible the way he can finish. His touch is good and he is quick as well; he has everything to succeed.

  Juan Mata

  Feet, Way, Succeed

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• In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world.

  A. J. P. Taylor

  Years, Political, Heaven

  "The First World War". Book by A. J. P. Taylor , p. 165, 1963.

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• I know a little about Hack (Wilson) because his picture is next to my locker. I am lucky to be there at the right time. People will now remember two guys, Hack Wilson and myself, and the season is not over yet.

  Sammy Sosa

  Two, People, Guy

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• I'm formally trained, I don't know what classically trained really means. I've worked with Sanford Meisner. And I've worked at Circle Rep with Marshall W. Mason and Lanford Wilson and some really good people. I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.

  Brad Dourif

  Mean, Circles, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Not since Cassandra Wilson's Blue Light Til Dawn has a vocalist cast such an entrancing spell as Valerie Joyce does on New York Blue.

  Bill Milkowski

  New York, Light, Blue

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• Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G.

  Lionel

  Black And White, Player, Together

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• He [John F. Kennedy] might have envisioned himself being "alone, at the top" but, like Woodrow Wilson, he would find out that not even a President moves free of human entanglement, human needs, human illusions; not even a President can be independent of those around him.

  Tom Wicker

  Moving, Independent, President

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• I had one good racket, a Wilson Javelin. It was my favorite racket, and I made the mistake of putting it next to the heater. It just got so hot that it melted.

  Stefan Edberg

  Mistake, Javelin, Hot

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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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• One thing House needs Wilson for is vanity. He needs someone to laugh at his jokes.

  Hugh Laurie

  Vanity, Laughing, House

  FaceBook post by Hugh Laurie from Apr 06, 2012

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• Russell Wilson has got a tremendous competitive mindset and it stems from the confidence that he feels based on the preparation that he puts in.

  Pete Carroll

  Preparation, Mindset, Stem

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian.

  Bobby Darin

  Thinking, Comedian, Flip

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