Chuck Feeney Quotes
I believe strongly in 'giving while living.' I see little reason to delay giving when so much good can be achieved through supporting worthwhile causes today. Besides, it's a lot more fun to give while you live than to give while you are dead.
Quotes to Explore
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If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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I think most people's careers in theater are based on delusion. It's just that mine started early.
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Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
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Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
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Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.
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No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
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The chances of Israeli science competing with big American science are small. For almost 15 years, we had no competition.
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The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.
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People like to hear songs that they can dance to. Even if they're sitting, they like being made to want to dance and move. By me being a dancer, I know how I'd dance at certain tempos. I was always good at it.
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The body's immune system is like any other system of the body. Each of them have their vital function for the human host.
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All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.
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There have always been card schools at football clubs and always will be.
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I believe strongly in 'giving while living.' I see little reason to delay giving when so much good can be achieved through supporting worthwhile causes today. Besides, it's a lot more fun to give while you live than to give while you are dead.
