Chuck Ragan Quotes
I met some people who showed me a path in music where they were like hey, look, while yes, it can have to do with being popular and making money, it DOESN'T have to be.

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The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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Many women do not want to venture out into the 'opinion world' until they are certain of themselves, the facts, and that they are right. They are afraid of being shot down. The result is often silence.
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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There's a lot of females that hustle, just like men hustle.
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The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted.
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I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot.
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It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you need is a Steam account. That changes a whole bunch of stuff. It's kind of a boring 'gee, information processing changes a stuff' story, but it's going to have an impact on every single company.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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Because I was so quiet, my father let me spend hours and hours next to him while he would sketch. Everyone else was always asking things from him. I wasn't asking anything. I was just happy to be there.
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I love to write down things I notice about people or things I've overheard people saying that are interesting. I love people-watching, and I love taking the time to notice the small things.
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You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.
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What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.
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I met some people who showed me a path in music where they were like hey, look, while yes, it can have to do with being popular and making money, it DOESN'T have to be.