John Jay Chapman Quotes

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth.

John Jay Chapman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 2, 1862 - 1933

Topics

LifeTruthPoliticsConflictAmerica

Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!

Jerry Lewis

YouHouseWantStayBecausePity

I read books all the time. I'm just half looking for something to do; I mostly just read for pleasure. Occasionally I stumble across something that could be a movie, but I don't put a book down just because I don't see a movie in it, either.

Andrew Dominik

TimeLookingBookDownJust Because

'The Hollywood Reporter' was always in. You always got great tables. You always got great seats at screenings. You always got treated well if you were at the paper.

Robert Osborne

GreatYouHollywoodAlwaysGotWell

If people think of public art as something the public decides, it's impossible to make anything of substance.

Robert Graham

ArtPeopleImpossibleThinkAnything

I've worked with a lot of kids, and when you're working with kids they have certain hours that they have to work.

Jeff Bridges

WorkYouWorkingHoursKidsCertain

There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans.

Jeff Flake

TimeI AmYouTaxNewSay

When Bill Clinton chose Al Gore in 1992 - from the same generational, ideological, and geographical background as his - it underscored his campaign's central argument that this was a clash between the past and the future, that 'Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow' was indeed the campaign's anthem.

Jeff Greenfield

FuturePastTomorrowThinkingStop

Life is difficult. Not just for me or other ALS patients. Life is difficult for everyone. Finding ways to make life meaningful and purposeful and rewarding, doing the activities that you love and spending time with the people that you love - I think that's the meaning of this human experience.

Steve Gleason

LifeLoveTimeExperiencePeopleMe

It's the worst feeling, coming back after a performance when you are on a real high, and you go back alone to an apartment or a hotel room. People think we sit in hotels and eat bon bons. But the lifestyle can be very stressful.

Sondra Radvanovsky

AlonePeoplePerformanceThinkHotel

All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to rely upon ourselves and our families.

Steven Pressfield

ResilienceThinkAdaptNeedBegin

There is a disconnect in education and work. And corporates don't do a great job of skilling. In future, corporates and educational institutions will work closely.

Shiv Nadar

WorkEducationFutureGreatJob

I've loved music. It was my first everything, but fashion and clothes is just the next step.

Rita Ora

MusicStepFashionLovedClothes

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