Chuck Mangione Quotes
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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Experience by itself is not science.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
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People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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In certain European cuisines, vegetables are cooked a long time. I take the term 'al dente' and use it for vegetables.
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Long-, medium- and short-grain rices differ in the amount and type of starch they have.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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No man may make another free.
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That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way.
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I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska.
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
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We've come into the world of '1984,' but it turns out to be '1984'-Lite.
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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
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Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.
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The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.
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Back in the '60s, there was a car sticker that read, 'Forget Oxfam, Feed Twiggy,' but I ate like a horse.
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Over the years, I really focused on doing the best job I could, working hard, getting great results, and working with my teams.
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I'm actually a very lazy person. Most of the time, I'm happy to sit around and stare. Or watch bad TV soaps. It's quite rare for me to get inspired by anything, but it could be something small. A view of the Serpentine. A snatch of music. Or a little shred of conversation overheard on a bus, such as, 'You also will marry someone of my choice.'
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So as long as I can do the music or create, I'll feel fine.
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To do it always right, that is what music is to me.
