Edwin Hubbell Chapin Quotes
Whatever may be our condition in life, it is better to lay hold of its advantages than to count its evils.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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People think I am funny all the time. But I am not. I am serious, too. Also, I enjoy serious, dramatic films.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
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I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
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I knew being a musician was my calling when I was 12 or 13. I started singing when I was six but didn't actually see myself being a singer when I was 12 or 13.
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I was a jazz drummer, and it was my life for a while: what I lived and breathed every day.
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Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable.
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I think family movies have gotten so rich in this country.
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If you remain open to great directors who look like you, who know what they're doing and are making impactful films that are destroying these 'blockbuster films,' you can do okay, and everybody can get more of a piece of the pie. But you've got to be open and brave.
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It means nothing if the movie doesn't get out there.
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Chefs don't eat at normal hours, so the only time you feel like you really need a meal is after service, when you're exhausted and just crave something to help you wind down.
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I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you're strong you'll come out of it OK.
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I wanted to be a writer, but I kind of wanted to be a fiction writer someday, like 20 - 25 years down the line. I never thought I'd write a nonfiction memoir about Iraq.
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We are all somewhere or the other a little grey, not black and white. We have our imperfections.
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Whatever may be our condition in life, it is better to lay hold of its advantages than to count its evils.
