Ralph Chaplin Quotes
Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.
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I'm cranky.
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I have observed, through many years of living in north Brooklyn, that people, for example an ostensible group of friends, can be dangerous to one another.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.
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I resent ever being stereotyped.
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It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
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I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
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I love domestic life.
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Everything was happening in the 70s. We were coming out of a period of austerity and things were pretty dark and then punk came along. It taught us that you didn’t need to be a musical virtuoso to start a band – and we certainly were not.
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From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
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I'm going to be fighting to rebuild the Democratic party no matter what. I'm going to be fighting to make sure the Democratic party is known among working people that we are their champion no matter what.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
