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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I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
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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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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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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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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that.
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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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Lord, you have cursed Cain and Cain’s children: thy will be done. You have allowed men’s hearts to be corrupted, that their intentions be rotten, that their actions putrefy and stink: thy will be done.
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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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Footnotes are for proving and showing where you've been. Also, they're for the curious - they can then go and find the information on their own.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them.
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There are some mistakes only someone with a Ph.D. can make.
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Mrs. White, in my opinion, made false statements. She misused what she claimed was the prophetic gift she had.
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I'd rather make a mistake than do nothing.
