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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To me extremism is targeting endangered whales in a whale sanctuary in violation of a moratorium. That, to me, is extreme.
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Avant garde" has become a ubiquitous label, eclectically applied to any type of art that is anti-traditional in form. At its simplest, the term is sometimes taken to describe what is new at any given time: the leading edge of artistic experiment, which is continually outdated by the next step forward.
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All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way.
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I've been strongly opposed to racial discrimination and anything like that my whole life. Maybe it's thanks to my parents and where I grew up and that sort of thing, but particularly with gay and lesbian citizens, I've seen that people can be cruel, and it's very distressing.
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The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.
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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.
