Edwin Hubbell Chapin Quotes

The loss of fortune to a true man is but the trumpet challenge to renewed exertion, not the thunder stroke of destruction.

Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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• I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.

  

  Jack Osbourne
  • Me
  • Attention
  • Brother

• We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resting upon the broad basis of an inherited and universal psychic disposition which is as such unconscious, and that our personal psyche bears the same relation to the collective psyche as the individual to society.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Truth
  • Society
  • Same

• I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.

  

  Ted Turner
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • Hope
  • Smile
  • Seeing

• I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Years
  • Old
  • Two

• I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.

  

  Gabriella Wilde
  • Up
  • Fun
  • Dress

• It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Character
  • Pretty
  • Support

• I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Film
  • Hero
  • Fans

• The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.

  

  Vaclav Havel
  • Experience
  • Words
  • Meaning

• I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things - the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.

  

  Aaron Koblin
  • Music
  • Different
  • Think

• But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.

  

  Dabney Coleman
  • Acting
  • Teaching
  • Profession

• I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • Work
  • Think
  • Best

• I have people who say, 'You should dress up like this, or you should dress more modest; you should cover up more.' And then, at the other end of the spectrum, you have, like, 'Why are you still wearing your scarf? You're in America, you know.'

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • Up
  • Why

• I'm not a negative person.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Person
  • Negative

• The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Society
  • Value
  • Social

• It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.' Here are the sides.' I think I originally read for Bumper, because Donald didn't have much in the script, so I read all Bumper's lines. I beatboxed for them, because that's what my character was supposed to do. And then I was like, 'By the way, I rap.'

  

  Utkarsh Ambudkar
  • Character
  • Movie
  • Think

• I think badminton has a real legacy with more youngsters taking up the sport. Badminton has done really well in that regard compared to other sports.

  

  Rajiv Ouseph
  • Up
  • Real
  • Done

• I don't want to be in 'Expendables 5.' You can keep those kind of movies.

  

  Ian McShane
  • Want
  • Kind
  • Movies

• I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

  

  Bill Cartwright
  • People
  • Remember
  • College

• The thing is, often press people ask questions that are so personal that even your nearest and dearest wouldn't ask them.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • People
  • Questions
  • Personal

• When we lived in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, my sister and I did a local play. My whole family got involved. My mom did the makeup. My sister and I were being homeschooled, and my parents wanted us to be socialized. We had a lot of fun with the other kids hanging out backstage.

  

  Danielle Panabaker
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Fun

• When my colleagues went to endorse Rob Garagiola, nobody asked me for my opinion about that. And I didn't ask anybody else. I did what I thought was the right thing to do, and I made a decision, just like they did.

  

  Donna Edwards
  • Decision
  • Opinion

• Distributed print is arguably our biggest challenge as a machinery supplier, as more publishers find efficiencies in transferring print production to remote printers and supersites. But our signature Goss flexibility and adaptability allow us to meet that challenge head-on with relevant technologies, services and expertise that continue to provide customers with an edge.

  

  Eric Bell Thin Lizzy
  • Challenge
  • Customers
  • Technologies

• The loss of fortune to a true man is but the trumpet challenge to renewed exertion, not the thunder stroke of destruction.

  

  Edwin Hubbell Chapin
  • Challenge
  • Fortune
  • Destruction