Harry Chapin Quotes
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Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Only choices made in love are compassionate. There are no exceptions. Do you have the courage to act with an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome? If not, you have no ability to give or experience compassion. That is the shocking truth.
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To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
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I am convinced that we are in a terminal process.
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I'm inspired to work with good actors, period. I want to work with the best anytime because I think they'll make me better.
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In the past, a writer had to go outside and get to know others before learning about their work, but the Internet has made humanity more accessible for misanthropes like me. I read blogs, tweets, Facebook posts and Reddit threads where people detail their jobs.
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I am very shy with people I don't know.
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Basically I hate categorical labels. As a young artist I already was very clear about this - that 'objectification' is not the final aim of art. For there are greater things than the object. The greatest thing is the human mind.
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The last thing I think I am is perfect. I'm just trying to do the best job I can. I'm trying to be the best father I can to my kids. I'm trying to do the best job I can running my business.
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My back isn't great.
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I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job.
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The Chinese love Ford's product line: they love the quality, the fuel-efficiency, the safety, the brand.
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I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting.
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Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.
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Ice cream is my vice.
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I've been married for 22 years. That's the only person I want.
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Of course methane is a fossil fuel, but as long as it is burned efficiently and fugitive emissions of methane gas are minimised, it is a less harmful fossil fuel than coal and oil and is an important way-station on the global journey towards low-carbon energy.
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We're going to see what happens. It'll be interesting.
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He trudged along unknowing what he sought,And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
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Who knows the power that Saturn has over us, or Venus? But it is a vital power, rippling exquisitely through us all the time.
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A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.
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I'd rather make a mistake than do nothing.
