Chapman Cohen Quotes
We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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I think, looking back, there was a lot of fear of success in me. When you are successful, you have to keep it up... it requires you to be responsible, and I had been pretty irresponsible.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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I'm a huge Nirvana fan.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.
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Growing up in the middle of nowhere, there was a lot of twangy music around, but it didn't really connect with me then.
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When you constantly revisit things, it's hard to know if you're freezing in time or if you're a brilliant adult who's working through it. I think about that in therapy, talking about the same things over and over again.
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The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.
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Russia is playing chess, while we are playing Monopoly. The only question is whether they will checkmate us before we bankrupt them.
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'I think you look on death as your friend,' she murmured. 'That is a strange friend for a young man to have.''The only faithful friend in this world,' he said. 'Death is always sure to be at your side.'
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No matter who the prime minister is, incremental changes take place. The economy moves on.
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Lord of himself,-that heritage of woe!
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We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.
