Harry Chapin Quotes
Be involved with the people with the live hearts, the live eyes, who are committed to something.
Quotes to Explore
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The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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I'm fighting hard; I'm training hard. I'm still walking over people and stepping over people to get where I'm going, and I would really like to give back, especially to my mom, who was there for me when I was a kid.
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Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.
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I can live without bread, but I can't live without freedom.
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You don't inherit cancer; you actually get it.
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I feel like comedy had a boys'-club label when we were starting.
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Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.
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I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.
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I don't think you can ease yourself into theater. I just thrust myself into it.
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Any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.
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See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare.
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Susan had an earnest soul, a conscience tending to morbidity.
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Comedy lives on in the web and TV, but nobody's pressing comedy albums anymore.
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Typically, terrorist attacks produce a rally-around-the flag effect as was the case after 9/11 and the huge outpouring of public support that then-President George W. Bush garnered.
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In this wide world, I don't think that there's just one person for any of us. I think we look until we find one that feels right, and oftentimes, it works out just fine.
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I like the idea of being a youngish parent. So I've got energy to play football even though they'll be better than me by the time they're four.
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I would like to say when I turn the project over to the label that I have been successful. And that's truly the way I feel. But, in addition to the self-pride in 'making' a good album, to be honest, I'd love to have a hit record.
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What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
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I definitely feel like, as a singer, I've been able to transition into acting because I always saw them in the same vein. It's all about connecting and telling a story.
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It's my firm conclusion that human meaning comes from humans, not from a supernatural source. After we die, our hopes for an afterlife reside in the social networks that we influenced while we were alive. If we influence people in a positive way -- even if our social web is only as big as our nuclear family -- others will want to emulate us and pass on our ideas, manners, and lifestyle to future generations. This is more than enough motivation for me to do good things in my life and teach my children to do the same.
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My main concern is getting out an album that I feel really proud of.
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Be involved with the people with the live hearts, the live eyes, who are committed to something.
