C.J. Anderson Quotes
I think I'm in control of what I do and what I've done. I think that's the ultimate feminine power. Do as you want.
I live in California, the worst place in the world for fat people. There are three of us. They have us on eight-hour shifts, so it works out.
Socialism isn't just a list of economic prescriptions for government. Perhaps above all, socialism is a moral view.
I will only take something or agree to do something that I feel like I understand, and inherent in understanding is empathy.
My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you,' but that's part of my charm.
Sometimes when you smile, it's not because you're happy. It's because you're strong.
Why are you being so mean?" "Friends tell friends the truth." "yeah, but not to hurt, to help.
I didn't really understand that Vipassana is a relatively new form of Buddhism that was based on the storage of pain. So the idea is that every time you don't scream, that's your Buddhist side.
A lot of young writers wait for inspiration. The inspiration only hits you at the desk.
Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.'
I had a couple friends from all the different cliques in school, but my true friends were my gymnastics teammates. I grew up competing with them for ten years.
I'm really terrible with small children; they're small, noisy, irritating, damp and soggy.
Excellence isn't as much about being the best as it is about being the best you can be, and being better than you were before.
Graduation is a big deal-bigger than getting a hole-in-one while golfing. People might think you're lying about the hole-in-one, but when you graduate, you get a diploma.
I am not afraid to appear in Israel, although when I come to a place like Israel, I know it's not a picnic by the Thames. I am aware of the tension and it saddens me.
I stuff my mouth with old fabric and scream until there are no sounds left under my skin.
I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way.... I didn't try hard enough to swallow myself.
It doesn't hurt. Nothing hurts except the small smiles and blushes that flash across the room like tiny sparrows.
Do you think courage means being fearless? Or daring? Courage, real courage, is taking three steps when it terrifies you.
Politics was his passion, but he wasn't suited for the rough-and-tumble of the game. He felt things too deeply. There was no wall between his head and his heart.
We each have our lives... What matters is not how long those lives last, but what we do with them.
There will come a time of fire and night, when enemies rise and empires fall, when the stars themselves begin to die.
Work accomplished means little. It is in the past. What we all want is the glorious and living present.
We Americans are interested only in the consumption of our products. We have no interest in how they are produced, or what happens to them once we discard them, once we throw them away.
If I ever form a clan, we'll be the anti-cheerleaders and walk under the bleacher forming mild acts of mayhem.
Every life has a destiny... the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets.
Each child’s story is worthy of telling. There shouldn’t be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.
I want to make a memorial for our turkey. Never has a bird been so tortured to provide such a lousy dinner.
I watch the Eruptions. Mount Dad, long dormant, now considered armed and dangerous. Mount Saint Mom, oozing lava, spitting flame. Warn the villagers to run into the sea.
No, I am never setting foot in this house again it scares me and makes me sad and I wish you could be a mom whose eyes worked but I don't think you can.
When God saw fit to bestow such a gift, a man with any sense didn’t ask questions.
And if you ever - and I do mean ever - try to leave me, I’m goin’ with you.
