Charles "C.C." Chapman (C.C. Chapman) Quotes
People put off writing thinking they don't have the time or enough of an opinion to matter and that is crap. You are the only one standing in your own way, so get started.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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I'm extremely well recognized in Korea just because of what I do on the ice, and there is a lack of that in Canada because hockey is our sport and it will be for eternity.
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Well, first I have to make the team, of course.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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There's a finite amount of time on this planet for each of us. Sometimes, the only way we figure out how to deal with that reality - knowing that there will be an end to every story, and you don't know how many chapters are left in your book - is by living in denial.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
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We have ministers who are incapable of doing what has been ordered from above because there is no follow up, because there are no consequences. If you are poor man and you steal, your hand is cut off after three offences. But if you are a rich man, nobody will say anything to you.
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'Gorilla Man' is a composite of a few individuals, but the song itself was actually inspired by James Taylor. I spied his 'Gorilla' album laying on my floor and in some altered state, instantly started singing the chorus. It was fun to write. There's an old notebook with at least three more verses in it somewhere.
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Central bankers tend to be conservative by nature.
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We are opposed to all cruelty, so as advocates of non-violence, opponents of oppression, people who abhor the cruelty inherent in slaughtering we say the only ethical way to consume flesh is to pick up the carcass of an animal who has died naturally or been killed accidentally, say by being hit by a car, and eat that.
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Writing books that people want to read is helpful - my most successful book is my only police procedural, a very popular subgenre of the very popular crime fiction genre.
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All United States presidents always say all options are open. But it is not on the table, it is not on the agenda. I happen to think that it is inconceivable.
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People put off writing thinking they don't have the time or enough of an opinion to matter and that is crap. You are the only one standing in your own way, so get started.
