Harry Chapin Quotes
All of us should be involved in our own futures to create a world that our children will want to live in.
Quotes to Explore
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Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under certain circumstances, minimum wages can be beneficial, as it makes workers more productive.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father.
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.
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Just because we eat together does not mean we eat right: Domino's alone delivers a million pizzas on an average day.
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Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
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Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.
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If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.
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It's true. In America, you can reinvent yourself at any turn. And, you know, if things aren't going well for you in life, everyone says, change, become someone different.
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A process which led from the amœba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress – though whether the amœba would agree with this opinion is not known.
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A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work.
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I never missed a birthday. I never missed a school play. We carpooled. And the greatest compliment I can ever get is not about my career or performance or anything; it's when people say, 'You know, your girls are great.' That's the real thing for me.
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Our awareness gap and the fuzziness about how people might understand Ulta today is a ripe opportunity for us as we think about going forward. I imagine this is like almost relaunching the brand of Ulta.
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As a teenager, I didn't want to be me; I wanted to be many different people. Maybe I realized that they all lived inside me and that if I managed to connect with them, they would become aspects of me.
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I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.
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The dissolution of the Oslo Accords would serve as the official act validating what we already know - that this failed framework is totally irrelevant in 2013.
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People have to free their imaginations and realize everyone can do something, on a large or a small scale, depending on their ability. Those who can do a lot because of their position and potential should jump right in there.
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On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top of a tree seen in the clear water under the boat was the only evidence of its existence; though a few hours ago it had formed so prominent an object.
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I'm not always a positive person. I wake up grumpy, I read the newspaper and I get furious that the world is still at war.
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All of us should be involved in our own futures to create a world that our children will want to live in.
