Chip Heath Quotes
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A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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After school, my sister and I helped our mom in the garden. We grew potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes - not for fun, but to eat.
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I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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I was born in Evanston, Illinois. I spent my elementary and part of my junior high school years in a D.C. suburb. And then I spent my high school years in Minnesota. And then I spent my college years in Colorado. And then I spent some time living in China. And then I spent three years in Vermont before moving down to Nashville.
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If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.
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I'm always honest.
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Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally were unbelievable to work with in 'How to Succeed.'
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When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.
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Down to the Puritan marrow of my bones There’s something in this richness that I hate. I love the look, austere, immaculate, Of landscapes drawn in pearly monotones. There’s something in my very blood that owns Bare hills, cold silver on a sky of slate, A thread of water, churned to milky spate Streaming through slanted pastures fenced with stones.
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As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.
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We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow.
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I'm a shopper but not a big money/label-y shopper. It makes me a nervous wreck.
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I tried eHarmony, because I liked the white hair and glasses of that guy on the commercials, and his manner was gentle, but eHarmony told me that the system and it's twenty nine levels of compatibility couldn't find anyone for me. That hurt my feelings.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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The barbed wire that encircled us like a wall did not fill us with real fear. In fact, we felt this was not a bad thing: we were entirely among ourselves. A small Jewish republic...
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Anger prepares us to fight and fear prepares us to flee.
