George Chapman Quotes
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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I've always tried to stay behind the scenes, and I intend to keep it that way.
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
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There was nothing, nothing to depend on. And why was I surprised?
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I'm delighted we have signed Julien. He has a wealth of experience which is something we need to aid the aspirations of the club. He will undoubtedly strengthen the squad. The French market is very well known to me and I have followed the player for a period of time.
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The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.
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No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.
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I'm American. Very American. Like, I-might-have-biscuits-and-sausage-gravy-for-dinner American.
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To put a girdle round about the world.
