Edwin Hubbell Chapin Quotes
Each thing lives according to its kind; the heart by love, the intellect by truth, the higher nature of man by intimate communion with God.
Quotes to Explore
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
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I teach my children that in life, there is no control of what tomorrow is going to bring. There really isn't. But in whatever it brings, we have choices, and I'm glad because I made more right choices than wrong, but in the wrong choices, there are lessons to be learned.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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I believe in the free enterprise system.
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A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition.
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It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.
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You can tell when people think they're a little bit special, and it's quite fun to laugh at them, and I think it's good to laugh at them, because then you can deflate their egos a bit.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.
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I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.
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It's good to actually cry. Trust me, I've had a lot of practice over the years!
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The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable space, without real-world injury or loss.
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Grief is bizarre territory because there's no predicting how long it'll take to get over certain things. You just don't know how long it's going to resound in your life.
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Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.
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There is no rule book, no right or wrong; you just have to make it up and do the very best you can to care for your family.
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I don't know if a song is going to be a hit or it's going to flop. I never know. I just do the music and if people like it, they like it.
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There is nothing to life that has value, except the degree of power-assuming that life itself is the will to power.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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Can you love or guide someone without any kind of expectation?
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So many of us, we love these things that come from Japan. We play the video games every day, we read the manga, people watch the cartoons, they absolutely love it.
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Each thing lives according to its kind; the heart by love, the intellect by truth, the higher nature of man by intimate communion with God.
