Edwin Hubbell Chapin Quotes
Is there anything so wretched as to look at a man of fine abilities doing nothing?
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First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
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I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village or town where his face is known and seen every day. For children take advantage, as I know to my cost, and would gather round him like hens around a farmer when he scatters grain.
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I'd say, if you want to be an artist, start with your art; start with making great music and it will, hopefully, eventually cut through all of the nonsense that is out there.
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The first bike that I bought was a Triumph 650. I really like the Triumph 650. I mean, of course, I've driven Harleys, and I think in 'Savage Seven' I drove an Indian, but - I really love Triumph.
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There are so many songs in me that haven't been born yet. So I can't call myself a genius, but I never turn away a compliment, and I feel like I'm on my way to that mountain.
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But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.
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Even the ears must dance.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.
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What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.
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If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.
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In Canada... we should be there for the nurses, cause they are always there for us.
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I want to dance, I want her ass. Why is she ignoring me?
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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No, ordinary behaviour. The efficient half eats the less efficient half and grows stronger. War is just a violent way of doing what half the people do calmly in peacetime: using the other half for food, heat, machinery and sexual pleasure. Man is the pie that bakes and eats himself, and the recipe is separation.
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All of Hollywood was convinced that 'Gone with the Wind' would be a colossal disaster and rather hoped it would be.
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Is there anything so wretched as to look at a man of fine abilities doing nothing?
