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CHRIS PATTEN Jesus says, I love you just the way you are. And I love you too much to let you stay the way you are... CHRIS LYONS In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks. CHRIS PATTEN Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose. CHRIS EVERT If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart. CHRIS EVERT URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's. CHRIS CLARK I always looked ahead. CHRIS EVERT Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. ... CHRIS ROCK You know when you’re in a movie and you don’t know anybody else in the theater and the most beau... CHRIS CARRABBA An open book is an open mind" -Charles Chiltington CHRIS GRABENSTEIN Because, my dear friends, these twelve children have lived their entire lives without a public libra... CHRIS GRABENSTEIN Books need to have their spines cracked, their covers opened, and their pages ruffled for them to co... CHRIS GRABENSTEIN Some people refuse to accept the limits given to them by others. CHRIS GRABENSTEIN We all make mistakes. That's why my pencil has an eraser. CHRIS GRABENSTEIN I figure when you come to a crossroads, you have a choice: right turn, left turn, straight ahead. Or... CHRIS GRABENSTEIN A library doesn’t need windows, Andrew. We have books, which are windows into worlds we never even... CHRIS GRABENSTEIN From a distance,' he says, 'my car looks just like every other car on the freeway, and Sarah Byrnes ... CHRIS CRUTCHER I'm enjoying the aging process and the gray hair and the wrinkles. CHRIS PINE Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you're obviously very intelli... CHRIS MARTIN The freedom I have as a U.S. citizen is unparalleled. Despite the fact people may not like American ... CHRIS CORNELL Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother a... CHRIS CHRISTIE Virtual reality is already affecting people on an emotional level much more than any other media, an... CHRIS MILK An acoustic show is all about you, and any little nuance or mistake is amplified. CHRIS CORNELL There are works of fiction which seek to explain jihadi terrorists as the militant wing of Amnesty I... CHRIS MORRIS Whether you like modern incarnations of what country radio hits are, or you like what I'm doing,... CHRIS STAPLETON Virtual reality is a technology that could actually allow you to connect on a real human level, soul... CHRIS MILK Those who are able to climb up the ladder will find ways to pull it up after them, or selectively lo... CHRIS HAYES I try to penetrate the lane like Steve Nash, pass like Jason Kidd, and handle the ball like Allen Iv... CHRIS PAUL The 'Bourne' movies are great in their own ways; it introduces a whole other sort of allegor... CHRIS TERRIO The difference between me and them is that I'll look at Jesse Jackson and I'll see four Jess... CHRIS MATTHEWS Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with whi... CHRIS ROCK I love the '40s. I love the '50s. I love the style, I love the clothes. I love how the women... CHRIS PINE It's the most amazing feeling to hold your child in your arms. CHRIS O'DONNELL There was no animosity in the breakup of Soundgarden. CHRIS CORNELL Luckily, I went to school at CalArts, and then ended up here at Disney, starting in the Animation Bu... CHRIS BUCK The American audience has really opened up to women being A.) funny and B.) kinda crude. 'Brides... CHRIS PRATT