Tracy Chapman quote: "People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need."

Maybe it's naive to say, but it almost seems like, in the past, people tried to sell you somethi...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I'm a hopeful cynic.
TRACY CHAPMAN

There are some concerns that are universal. Everyone wants to be loved, and everyone wants to feel l...
TRACY CHAPMAN

The way popular music is categorized and formatted cuts down on everyone's options. And although...
TRACY CHAPMAN

My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listen...
TRACY CHAPMAN

Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally an...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I grew up with music in the house. I was told I could sing as soon as I started talking. Everybody i...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I'm a hopeful cynic.
TRACY CHAPMAN

Now love's the only thing thats free. We must take it where it's found. Pretty soon it may be costly...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I mentioned that I received a scholarship to Episcopalian school, and the model for the school was &...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I was raised in a Baptist tradition, but then I went to an Episcopalian high school, and they were v...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I decided to do whatever I could to make sure the business side of music didn't intrude on the c...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of ...
TRACY CHAPMAN

At this point in my life I'd like to live as if only love mattered.
TRACY CHAPMAN

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to ...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.
TRACY CHAPMAN

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
TRACY CHAPMAN

At this point in my life I'd like to live as if only love mattered.
TRACY CHAPMAN

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives
TRACY CHAPMAN

If you wait, I will come for you...remembering your touch, your kiss, your warm embrace. I'll My fin...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I meet people in my daily life, people who seem to experience some change and some growth on a perso...
TRACY CHAPMAN

We do need to think about how we have security - everyone has a right to that - but we also need to ...
TRACY CHAPMAN

Some folks call her a runaway. A failure in the race. But she knows where her ticket takes her. She ...
TRACY CHAPMAN

Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a co...
TRACY CHAPMAN

It's fun playing small venues.
TRACY CHAPMAN

One of the reasons I chose Tufts is that they have one of the best veterinary schools in the country...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I had a ukulele when I was much younger. I have no idea what happened to it but I think that was par...
TRACY CHAPMAN

When we started making 'Where You Live', I bought a bunch of Polaroid cameras in so that peo...
TRACY CHAPMAN

As a child I always had a sense of social conditions and political situations. I think it had to do ...
TRACY CHAPMAN

I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.
TRACY CHAPMAN

In Hawaii, we have something called Ho'oponopono, where people come together to resolve crises a...
DUANE CHAPMAN

As a bounty hunter, I have to dress the part. If I came to the door and looked like Carrot Top, you&...
DUANE CHAPMAN

When I was a child I liked watching shows about bounty hunters and Canadian Mounties. I liked the &#...
DUANE CHAPMAN

If you've chosen someone to be in your bridal party, she should be a good enough friend that she...
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

'Tis immortality to die aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

I'm a designer, not a businesswoman.
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

I think people desperately want to feel love.
GARY CHAPMAN

I have been doing marriage counseling for about 15 years and I realized that what makes one person f...
GARY CHAPMAN

I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to self...
GARY CHAPMAN

I was a celebrity bodyguard. I didn't keep the best hours or choose the best food when I was on ...
GRIZZ CHAPMAN

There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel For each man's good.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her Is righted even when men grant they err.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, Offends no law, and is a king indeed.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your gener...
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

If you're still hanging onto a dead dream of yesterday, laying flowers on its grave by the hour, you...
JOYCE CHAPMAN

Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you d...
JOYCE CHAPMAN

They're only truly great who are truly good.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

The belief in God is not therefore based on the perception of design in nature. Belief in design in ...
CHAPMAN COHEN

And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate ...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Promise is most given when the least is said.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

For one heat, all know, doth drive out another,
One passion doth expel another still.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Pure innovation is more gross than error.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Danger, the spur of all great minds.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felic...
ROBERT CHAPMAN

Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.
CHAPMAN COHEN

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile swells a little longer, That'...
ARTHUR CHAPMAN

Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit Is feather'd ...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer Than Nature ma...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Blood, though it sleep a time, yet never dies. The gods on murtherers fix revengeful eyes.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Enough is as good as a feast.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

So our lives In acts exemplarie, not only winne Ourselves good Names, but doth to others give ...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

His deeds inimitable, like the Sea That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts Nor print...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

A nail in the wound.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Archers ever Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid (Archer of archers both in men and...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of fel...
ROBERT CHAPMAN

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme l...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

I can't talk to a man who bears an undeserved animosity towards ferrets.
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

It's nice to see that look of alarm on the faces of the others.
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

One of my most sentimental items is my grandmother's engagement ring that my mom gave me a few y...
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Everybody's under God's planet, and God is the Almighty, the Beginning, the End, the Alpha, ...
DUANE CHAPMAN

Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. They th...
CHAPMAN COHEN

The closest thing to hell on earth is prison. It's the worst experience I've ever had in my ...
DUANE CHAPMAN

The hope is we won't have to do any layoffs, and we'll be fully operational through July 1.
BILL CHAPMAN

We want to become a little more full service.
BILL CHAPMAN

Right now, everything is looking up for the Santa Fe Recovery Center.
BILL CHAPMAN

She had so much love. She was such a gracious lady.
BILL CHAPMAN

Simply put, the numbers are the numbers.
BILL CHAPMAN

There's enough humidity in the crop that I don't think it would have caused any damage.
BILL CHAPMAN

I have a hard time understanding why the town and the fire department are involved,
BILL CHAPMAN

We were charged $150 for putting a piece of tissue paper in a carton.
BILL CHAPMAN

It's a very generous award by New Hampshire standards.
BILL CHAPMAN

The Legislature has explicitly turned its back on determining the cost of adequacy.
BILL CHAPMAN

There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a...
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

Born on a mountain, raised in a cave. Arresting fugitives is all I crave.
DUANE CHAPMAN

I make sure I carve out time to be with my daughter.
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

Most of the galleries are glorified frame shops; I wanted this to be a true gallery. I wanted it to ...
ANA CHAPMAN

To have artists encouraging other artists, it works and it really helps. There is such a need for th...
ANA CHAPMAN

When he saw this place, he started crying and said this is exactly what he needed. He hasn't painted...
ANA CHAPMAN

When you are depressed, you shouldn't listen to sad music, watch sad movies nor paint sad or negativ...
ANA CHAPMAN

I started working with artists in Ohio, and we started a thing called Art Night where people would b...
ANA CHAPMAN

Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores.
ARTHUR CHAPMAN

Photography obviously lends itself so well towards fashion. It's capturing that moment and that ...
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

I was in a form of a prison: not necessarily with bars, but I was locked to that machine three days ...
GRIZZ CHAPMAN

Why can't a seven-foot guy play a doctor? Why can't I be a teacher? Why can't I be a foo...
GRIZZ CHAPMAN

We believe that God is big enough to give every nationality their own religion, as he's given th...
DUANE CHAPMAN

Only a few industrious Scots perhaps, who indeed are dispersed over the face of the whole earth. B...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the deepest...
GARY CHAPMAN

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

I love imagining being someone else in another time.
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

I have a hard problem, being some part Native American - being a Christian: do you get burned, do yo...
DUANE CHAPMAN

She knew then that white was more than a color: It was a cold, pale shade of understanding that seem...
VANNETTA CHAPMAN

Dressing up as decrepit old ladies, and even decrepit young ladies, was one of our staples.
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry ...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Words writ in waters.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by some trifling performance. A carpet ...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

As good as a play.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

I'm actually an incredibly disorganized, messy person.
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

Belize suits me because I'm active and I like diving. I learnt when I was 18, in Thailand, and I...
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

Sir Beldevere: What makes you think she's a witch?
Peasant 3: Well, she turned me into a newt!...
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

I pray, what flowers are these? The pansy this, O, that's for lover's thoughts.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

As night the life-inclining stars best shows, So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

And as great seamen, using all their wealth And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths, In t...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problems of their lives never get presented in terms ...
ROBERT CHAPMAN

Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways to advance her followers: To som...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

He is at no end of his actions blest Whose ends will make greatest and not best.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

We planned to give away Mike's poster about two weeks ago, and it's amazing how it worked out. We're...
DAN CHAPMAN

He plots, he plans, he works in secret,
ROBERT CHAPMAN

We're going to be a 'big brother' for Texans with limited means. We're standing by to negotiate thei...
RANDY CHAPMAN

It'd be easier for me if the board voted tonight, ... since I wouldn't have to vote. But I think it'...
RICHARD CHAPMAN

You can't be afraid to put out a fire if you're a fireman. You can't be afraid to be a p...
DUANE CHAPMAN

Altitude won't determine the outcome of the game, but it might have small effects here and there.
ROBERT CHAPMAN

You know, Python should have won a Grammy for our musical work on the show.
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

I've been a biker, I've been a convict, I've been a husband, father, and son.
DUANE CHAPMAN

I think I'm a lot more patient. I think I was more a drill sergeant in the early years.
TONY CHAPMAN

I didn't finish my dress until about three days before my wedding - I had the flu and was stitch...
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

Keep your blood pressure under control and pay attention to your urine. If it's foamy, that'...
GRIZZ CHAPMAN

There is a responsible with being an artist. There is a responsible of the impact you leave on peopl...
AARON CHAPMAN

We don't deliberately set out to offend. Unless we feel it's justified.
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

Faith is the substance of hope - of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. So if you ...
DUANE CHAPMAN

Each natural agent works but to this end,-- To render that it works on like itself.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Ignorance is the mother of admiration
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

They did a terrific job. It's a nice addition.
DOUG CHAPMAN

A piano is really essential for a playhouse and this is a good one.
JIM CHAPMAN

They're kind of like the cavalry.
JIM CHAPMAN

He thought other artists were like him, who could see something in another artist and take it.
HUGO CHAPMAN

You could see what looked like a greasy, greenish slick with paper in it.
SUSAN CHAPMAN

I think it's important for whatever you are doing, even if it's a collection, to seek outsid...
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

I am ashamed the law is such an ass.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty wind, Eve...
GEORGE CHAPMAN

We have plenty of capital,
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Second-half growth is not expected to be as difficult to obtain.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

We enjoyed a record year.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

We just ask people for money.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

He that shuns trifles must shun the world
GEORGE CHAPMAN

“The artist must be in the art. If the art does not reflect the work of the artist, then it was cr...
AARON CHAPMAN

Stormy in love, stormy in interviews, breakfast in bed - that's me, love.
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

I walk around and see how inventive they are, and you'll hear them break out in spontaneous chants. ...
DAN CHAPMAN

There are essentially no craters visible at all. Instead, there are rocks and boulders covering much...
CLARK CHAPMAN

He's the brawn, I'm the brains.
SCOTT CHAPMAN

I think it was very educational for the kids, and I hope they learned a lot about the Commonwealth G...
JOE CHAPMAN

You can't take away that Liz Lemon is my boo; you can't take that away.
GRIZZ CHAPMAN

Aaron started talking to me and said they had to get rid of it,
ANTHONY CHAPMAN

We know you're innocent.
ANTHONY CHAPMAN

I'm sorry, you guys. I just don't know how to take this,
ANTHONY CHAPMAN

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile swells a little longer,That's where...
ARTHUR CHAPMAN

Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores
ARTHUR CHAPMAN

The arena charges us when something like this happens, and we in turn will bill the Bombers.
DAN CHAPMAN

The order itself is just a diatribe and political manifesto.
CHARLES CHAPMAN

[Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner belonged to] that small army of brave people who made it their duty, witho...
CHAPMAN COHEN

The exhibition was comprehensive; however, we were able to make additions to expand the Bay Area sto...
MARTIN CHAPMAN

He wondered at the atrocities human kind was capable of committing. The majority of those housed bel...
BRYNN CHAPMAN

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felic...
ROBERT CHAPMAN

My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Vi...
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

Environmental stewardship continues to be a core value of our business. This plan further demonstrat...
CARL CHAPMAN

They've isolated us. There's something about bears. People see them as cute and cuddly.
ROBERT CHAPMAN

This is a mountain heritage. We're not out to annihilate the bear.
ROBERT CHAPMAN

Mr. Matthew thankfully has been excluded as a suspect, ... He has been conclusively shown not to hav...
DAVID CHAPMAN

When you think about it, there's not much between New Orleans and Atlanta. We're going to need shelt...
TIM CHAPMAN

First, they'd have to survive the chipping process. Then they'd have to survive the heat of those bi...
JOHN CHAPMAN

It's nice to see that look of alarm on the faces of the others.
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

World War II... did not happen to everyone, but it happened to most. There were people from Germany ...
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Our criteria is pretty simple. We wanted something that look good and, obviously, said football. We ...
DAN CHAPMAN

People [in Australia] don't see it as a business. We regard ourselves as a profession run by doctors...
MICHAEL CHAPMAN

Continuing a short series about the early church: The sure way to success for any commercial ven...
RAYMOND CHAPMAN

Feast of All Souls The antithesis between death and life is not so stark for the Christian as it ...
RAYMOND CHAPMAN

Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England Old truths must be constantly re-stated if they are not to...
RAYMOND CHAPMAN

I read a lot of thrillers because they're easy reading and I'm not a great flier. They take ...
GEORGINA CHAPMAN

We'd obviously realized at this stage that if we wrote something in a show that got repeated, then w...
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

We received a letter from a lady who was incensed about my moral depravity, as though I was destroyi...
GRAHAM CHAPMAN

An Englishman, / Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
GEORGE CHAPMAN

Up front, you can't see the cable, so you have to trust the guy in the back to give you proper instr...
DAN CHAPMAN

People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.

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People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.

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