Edwin Hubbell Chapin Quotes
In some way the secret vice exhales its poison; and the evil passion, however cunningly masked, stains through to the surface.
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I can get moody sometimes when I wake up after a nap - I'm like a four-year-old.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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There's no way to escape the fact that we've grown up in a violent culture, we just can't get away from it, it's part of our heritage. I think part of it is that we've always felt somewhat helpless in the face of this vast continent. Helplessness is answered in many ways, but one of them is violence.
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Before discovering theater, I was sloughing off and didn't have any passion for school. Then I couldn't get enough. All of a sudden, I was getting good parts in all of these plays. I just loved it. I started getting A's in acting, directing and technical theater. I found something that clicked.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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I want to be the best version of myself - intellectually, emotionally, and physically. So I like to wear clothes that I feel comfortable in, that reflect that.
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I had a really dark time after the Olympic Games... But then I said to myself, 'This is a sport that's blessed me with a home, with an education, with some money. I can't hate this sport. This sport took me out of Louisiana. This sport gave me a chance when so many people don't get a chance. And I love this sport.'
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Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.
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I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.
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Often the last thing I want to do is stand up in front of 50 cameras on the red carpet. I'd rather have a cup of hot milk and an early night.
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And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized.
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If you don't have public hangings for bad culture in a company, if you don't take people out and let them say, they went home to spend more time with the family. It's crazy.
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None of the records I make are ever a deliberate construction - they're always an expression of who I am at the time and where I am in my life.
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Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.
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No one fights with more principle and passion than Michael Gove.
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Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.
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I feel the most connected to my art when it comes from my real life and hopefully the audience feels that.
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I will be vigilant to protect the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court, and I will work to ensure that it upholds the rule of law and safeguards those liberties that make this land one of endless possibilities for all Americans.
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In some way the secret vice exhales its poison; and the evil passion, however cunningly masked, stains through to the surface.
