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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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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My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current.
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Want to be one of a kind? Be yourself.
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Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how many people don't get this one right away.
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You’re a feminist if you go to a Jay Z and Beyoncé concert, and you’re not like, ‘Mmm, I feel like Beyoncé should get 23 percent less money than Jay Z.'
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Be involved with the people with the live hearts, the live eyes, who are committed to something.
