Chapman Cohen Quotes
It is not, after all, so very hard to acquire a fortune; the real difficulty is to deserve one.
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If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.
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With dance and theatre, I think people get very nervous about not knowing the right things. They feel like they've missed something, or that they're not bright enough to watch it. It's not a test.
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Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
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But things move in circles: one minute it's the models who are famous, then it's the actresses, then it's the designers.
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He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.
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Loyalty and religion have many meanings, and self-interest is a skilled interpreter.
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If you’re passionate about something then it will definitely work out for you. You should never stop believing in something, and you shouldn’t listen to anyone who tells you otherwise. Never give up on something you love.
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A contract is an ask game, and if it asks for an hour, and I submit to an hour, then it's an hour. When I look at a contract, I look at the obligation - where, when, how long, the compensation. If I agree to it, that's the way it is. I have an obligation. They have an obligation.
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In each case it was just a few dozen, but it's enough that we do want to take a closer look at it.
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Style is often something which locks the painter into the same vision, the same technique, the same formula during years and years, sometimes during one's whole lifetime.
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I think of death as some delightful journey that I shall take when all my tasks are done.
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Once I pulled a job, I was so stupid. I picked a guy's pocket on an airplane and made a run for it.
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So tutor youth that the sins of age be not imputed to thee.
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Be a voice not an echo.
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I was like one of those newspapers, those periodicals. There's all different kinds of alcoholics. There's the everyday kind: that's the consistent one. That's what people think an alcoholic is-but an alcoholic is basically just someone who's allergic to alcohol. That's all it means. It's just an allergy.
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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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Ninety percent of the difficulty in your intellectual life would never have happened if you just had better taste.
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People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning.
