Caryl Chessman (Caryl Whittier Chessman) Quotes
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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For some reason, people imagine that dramatic things happen to people who don't look beautiful.
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Like most women, I have days where I feel like today I'm not leaving the house - you know days where you've got a spot on your nose or when you've just got off a flight, eaten fish and chips and feel really bloated - that one happens a lot to me.
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My mother was a reporter, and though she quit when they had kids, she still loved it. She told me about the people at the paper and the articles she wrote. She had the best memory of anyone I know, and she could really tell a tale.
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Mostly, I worked so quickly, I didn't see the details of a photograph until it was printed.
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The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time.
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With words woven into almost every detail of his life, it seems amazing that Mr. Mets' thinking on the subject of language should be so limited.
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Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because it's all ends and purposes and intentions.
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All thoughtful persons perceive that the ideas of the morality of sexual relations upheld by the religions and laws of the Western nations are in our time undergoing a radical transformation.
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New video gaming systems are coming out that track every joint of your body. It's basically going to become a normal thing for us to allow Microsoft to put a three-dimensional camera on top of your television set looking at you, which sounds like a Big Brother scenario if ever I heard one, but, still, it's what we're going to allow.
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There are a lot of obligations when you put out a record and it does well. People want to talk to you, which is nice. So then you make sure you do that.
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Since I was 9 years old, I've been in the entertainment business, and everyone is always telling me what - and what not - to do... you just get a tough skin and have to not care about what people think, or you will not end up in a good place.
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You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
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The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.
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To see that I'm on a good path, that I'm improving, is what I want to feel.
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I have always said that I cannot allow the child within me to die. It's kept me alive.
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Typically, the theme of my albums, if there is a theme, is, 'How does it feel?' And that always leads to love songs. It just does.
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I get bored doing one thing only. I've been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don't see why I won't continue on that path.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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I'm not saying we don't need health care reform. We do need health care reform.
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You find that you can have the best business in the most exciting industry, but if the execution, if the torch-holder, if the value-creator isn't there, then we don't make it happen.
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Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy.
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Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work.
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A cat, I am told, has nine lives. If that is true, I know how a cat feels.
