Edwin Hubbell Chapin Quotes
Influence is exerted by every human being from the hour of birth to that of death.
Quotes to Explore
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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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My vision of the border with Mexico is that a truck from the United States going into Mexico and a truck coming from Mexico into the United States will pass each other at the border going 60 miles an hour. Yes, we should have open borders.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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At its very best, the Western model speaks for itself. It's the model that put food on the table. It's the refrigerators. It put a man on the moon.
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Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.
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It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the Olympics.
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Do I support a driver's license for everybody? The answer is yes.
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By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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Hugh Grant is the main man. He's the number one romantic comedy man in the world.
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Longer than there've been fishes in the oceanHigher than any bird ever flew.Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens,I've been in love with you.
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Men think for themselves when they’re men.
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Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.
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Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards! This is your life and mine! I've spent a whole lifetime building this and as long as I'm in charge, nobody is going to knock it down.
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Most of my story ideas come from my childhood. Sometimes they hatch from stories my parents told me, sometimes they come from experiences in my own life, and sometimes they are inspired by mere moments.
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The U.S. invaded Vietnam because many in our government - Lyndon Johnson's best and brightest - imagined it could impose a government on that country that would provide a buffer against China and stop the supposedly rolling dominos of Communism.
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I thank God daily for the good fortune of my birth, for I am certain I would have made a miserable peasant.
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I'm a prolific overanalyzer. And I can always use 15 words in place of three 3, no matter what.
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When you look at 'Grapes of Wrath,' the weakest moments are those in which Steinbeck is spouting a political idea directly at the reader. The book's real power comes from its slower, broader movement.
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It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.
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Influence is exerted by every human being from the hour of birth to that of death.
