Colin Chapman Quotes
Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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Prayer is man's greatest power!
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.
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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
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Freedom is popular. Bring it on.
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One of the reasons I wanted to do a show about Nashville in Nashville was because when I lived here, the hardest thing to go out and hear was country music. Country was taking place inside the studio and it was an export.
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Gonna pull in the shutters on this heart of mineRoll up the carpets and pull in the blindsAnd retreat to the chambers that I left behindIn hopes there still may be love left to findStill may be love left to find.
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Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.
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Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty.
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
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I wanted to know if the 'Iliad' in the original was as relevant and contemporary as it was in translation. I then started Latin. I had finally found something I enjoyed and was good at: dead languages!
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Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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I believe in the magic of preparation. You can make just about any foods taste wonderful by adding herbs and spices. Experiment with garlic, cilantro, basil and other fresh herbs on vegetables to make them taste great.
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What is needed by him who would succeed in the highest degree possible is careful planning. He is to accumulate reserved power, that he may be equal to all emergencies.
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I think, for me, one of the biggest things that I struggle with is keeping the excitement up when writing a song. A lot of times, I'll get pretty frustrated early on.
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My swadeshi chiefly centers round the handspun khaddar and extends to everything that can be and is produced in India.
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Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere.
