Duane Chapman quote: "My father is the reason I am the way I am today. He's why I acted up and he's why I prayed to be the opposite of him. We made up before he died but I vowed to never raise my kids like how he raised me."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I love what I do. I love to capture the guy. I love to tell the victim 'Don't worry anymore....
DUANE CHAPMAN

I have the utmost respect and 'aloha' for black people - who have already suffered so much d...
DUANE CHAPMAN

Dog is God spelled backward.
DUANE CHAPMAN

I'm very emotional. That's why I wear shades a lot.
DUANE CHAPMAN

I've always taken pride to be the white guy that can talk to the black people, that can refer to...
DUANE CHAPMAN

Six men can carry you or 12 men can judge you. You decide!
DUANE CHAPMAN

I'm going to be Dog, and I'm going to be an entertainer. And I'm going to make mistakes.
DUANE CHAPMAN

And I used to say, 'I'm black, too.' In other words, I - my whole life I've been cal...
DUANE CHAPMAN

I'm Native American, so it's in my blood to always want brothers and friends. I'm a good...
DUANE CHAPMAN

I was in prison for a charge in Texas, murder one. Back in the '70s in Texas, I was there. I hea...
DUANE CHAPMAN

I would have done higher than that... I would have set it higher.
DUANE CHAPMAN

If I was Judge Del Rosario, I would say Ili, of all people, you know better.
DUANE CHAPMAN

I'm marrying my common-law wife, Beth, the Christian way, with a preacher and all that.
DUANE CHAPMAN

The social scene in Daytona Beach was simple. The white cats surf, and the blacks play music.
DUANE ALLMAN

It's a drag not to have your own plane, man. That way, you could go where you wanna go when you ...
DUANE ALLMAN

Rock was born in the South, so saying 'Southern rock' is like saying 'rock rock.'
DUANE ALLMAN

Every time I'm in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace.
DUANE ALLMAN

This year, I will be more thoughtful of my fellow man; exert more effort in each of my endeavors pro...
DUANE ALLMAN

Nothing can ever be wrong about music.
DUANE ALLMAN

Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it.
DUANE MICHALS

I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.
DUANE MICHALS

The basic principle of turning ideas into big money is to seize every money building idea and work w...
DUANE NEWCOMB

Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you've changed, by believ...
DIANE DUANE

Photographers tend not to photograph what they can’t see, which is the very reason one should try ...
DUANE MICHALS

All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way.
DUANE MICHALS

Even in the deepest love relationship - when lovers say 'I love you' to each other - we don&...
DUANE MICHALS

Yeah, I know, the Mars thing. I've been meaning to talk to you about that. When did you get t...
DIANE DUANE

I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I've done hundreds of them, I...
DUANE MICHALS

I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, ...
DUANE MICHALS

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.
DUANE MICHALS

In this coming year, I will seek knowledge from those wiser than me and try to teach those who wish ...
DUANE ALLMAN

The only thing I know anything about are my own fantasies and anxieties. I don't trust my eyes. ...
DUANE MICHALS

You can't see fear or lust; you can't photograph someone's anxieties, how disappointment...
DUANE MICHALS

Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.
DIANE DUANE

These findings suggest that developing ways to avoid holiday weight gain may be extremely important ...
DUANE ALEXANDER

There are some things that are not the way they should be, and even the indicators that are 'best-ev...
DUANE ALEXANDER

In their search for environmental influences in human health, study researchers plan to examine such...
DUANE ALEXANDER

The well-being of America's children is probably better than it ever has been.
DUANE ALEXANDER

The big news in this report is that children's status is improving and continuing to get better.
DUANE ALEXANDER

Contrary to what many people may think, the nation's children are faring better in many respects tha...
DUANE ALEXANDER

I would contend that our children are as important to the future of the country as the economy. The ...
DUANE ALEXANDER

There are more indicators that are getting better than are getting worse.
DUANE ALEXANDER

The National Children's Study would follow more than 100,000 children, from before birth -- and, in ...
DUANE ALEXANDER

Smoking, obesity, and alcohol abuse are leading contributors to preventable death in the United Stat...
DUANE ALEXANDER

It's really hard to find corners with that physical nature to them.
DUANE AKINA

It's an insult to be just a great cover guy. I really think Deion Sanders set defensive-back play ba...
DUANE AKINA

He not only understands the defensive concepts we're trying to accomplish, he understands what the o...
DUANE AKINA

That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what we w...
DUANE AKINA

I've watched Ginn a lot, and I'm not sure I've seen a faster player in pads. We're going to be looki...
DUANE AKINA

This is a great football team right here. This was our most complete game of the year.
DUANE AKINA

That's what everybody in the country wants to see.
DUANE AKINA

We compliment ourselves on being a pressure team. There is no magic to it. Our players just understa...
DUANE AKINA

We feel comfortable lining him up against anyone.
DUANE AKINA

We don't want our secondary to be known as just a bunch of cover guys.
DUANE AKINA

During my most recent visit two weeks ago, I was struck by the destruction that still remains.
DUANE ACKERMAN

This was the right time for this merger. This combination is good for our employees, our customers a...
DUANE ACKERMAN

Technology changes and convergence are shaping a new competitive dynamic and creating tremendous opp...
DUANE ACKERMAN

Valencia has done an excellent job of building and guiding a very thoughtful and effective diversity...
DUANE ACKERMAN

BellSouth is delivering solid revenue growth and strong earnings growth. BellSouth's earnings for th...
DUANE ACKERMAN

Our customers have told us that they want access to high-speed data services. Through expanded deplo...
DUANE ACKERMAN

Reducing workforce is the toughest business decision a company has to make. We have worked hard to a...
DUANE ACKERMAN

We're generating solid growth across all areas of our business. Our core telecommunications business...
DUANE ACKERMAN

The investments we're making, and the way we're executing our growth strategies, continue to pay off...
DUANE ACKERMAN

Results for the quarter remained strong despite extraordinary challenges we faced with Hurricane Kat...
DUANE ACKERMAN

I got a lot of flak originally for writing with photographs, because the great cliche in photography...
DUANE MICHALS

People of my generation who became photographers in the late fifties, early sixties, there were no r...
DUANE MICHALS

To fulfil a fantasy is the quickest way to destroy it.
DUANE MICHALS

The question of truth is forever in the air, and people look for it with particular fervor in art.
DUANE MICHALS

We threw everything at Doran Mitchell. We tried very hard to stop him and he scored 32 points. There...
DUANE WITTER

Our response is until he is cleared medically, any type of conjecture is premature.
DUANE LEWIS

The umbilical cord matrix cells have major advantages over other stem-cell sources, ... They can be ...
DUANE DAVIS

Photography is very presumptuous. Photographers are always photographing other people's lives - ...
DUANE MICHALS

My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren...
DIANE DUANE

I think we're all going to be stunned by what's going to be approved over our objections. That's my ...
DUANE WOERTH

I see the same biases surfacing, But to ignore the airport (as a way to reduce cars) doesn't make se...
DUANE WALLACE

Rachel was clearly the highlight of the trip. She is doing the best anybody has done at Valley in re...
DUANE SMITH

Our thing was always music. Back in the heyday people would come in constantly and say 'You know, yo...
DUANE DAVIS

We're kinda old fashioned. Plus we're afraid of change. We have a hard time saying 'OK, the writing'...
DUANE DAVIS

It's a tough style to play against. You have to have some kids who have great fundamentals in passin...
DUANE DAVIS

We haven't run across a team yet that has the foot speed that we have.
DUANE DAVIS

For me it was a great race, ... The first few laps were pretty tight. I had my areas where I was qui...
DUANE DAVIS

It was important for us to come back and tie the game sooner rather than later. It relaxed us at hal...
DUANE DAVIS

You have to find different ways to win games and that's what we were able to do. We didn't have some...
DUANE DAVIS

I'm just a traditionalist. I just want things to be relatively consistent over time,
DUANE DAVIS

I didn't like (the helmets), ... My primary reason being the school colors are green and gold.
DUANE DAVIS

First thing I would do is pack that thing up and send it to Playboy magazine. I would not have that ...
DUANE CHRISTENSEN

All the drawing lacks
is the final touch: To add
eyes to the dragon
DIANE DUANE

It's been a good season. We're the only team practicing in North Dakota.
DUANE SCHWAB

If my action causes people in our community to pay more attention to what they watch on television, ...
DUANE LAMMERS

Wright has an exceptionally strong leg, and he could really be something for them. While Ohio State ...
DUANE LONG

I don't have anyone on this team who works much harder than Cesar - ever. When he controls the midfi...
DUANE DESPAIN

Why anybody would want them to be able to shed plans and lower their costs is beyond me.
DUANE WOERTH

You can borrow money for college. But you can't borrow for retirement.
DUANE MEEK

I just think they feel so comfortable and so unaccountable that they don't have to listen. I think t...
DUANE CHRISTENSEN

A good teammate and a good friend. He's been real instrumental in helping me out. He's a real calm g...
DUANE BROWN

Dengue is one of these neglected diseases ... it's basically been ignored for many, many years.
DUANE GUBLER

We aren't here to throw any vendor under the bus or to sing their praises. We're not pointing finger...
DUANE SWORD

I think it's a patriotic thing to do. A lot of entertainers haven't stepped up to the challenge, may...
DUANE SMITH

It is scary to most people. But I'm sure we'll be well protected. We got approval from our parents a...
DUANE SMITH

This is unconscionable. I will not apologize for anything. This is utter nonsense. The way he has ha...
DUANE SMITH

That's a bunch of Republican hacks up there acting on their own.
DUANE SMITH

We executed our game plan to the tee.
DUANE PETERSON

They had a lot of memorable nights. I was fortunate to be a part of a few of them.
DUANE MCWHORTER

How foolish of me to believe that it would be that easy. I had confused the appearance of trees and ...
DUANE MICHALS

To receive that accolade as a coach makes me feel good, but I realize I wouldn't have gotten that re...
DUANE DESPAIN

As far as dealing with the critics, I?m like Antwone Fisher. I?m still here, I?m still standing and ...
DUANE STARKS

We feel that the idea of authenticity is cross-boundary.
DUANE SMITH

My conscience will be very clear if those stations come off (Jan. 1). There has been no contact for ...
DUANE LAMMERS

Think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great po...
DUANE MICHALS

I think if you're planning a birthday, you plan it when the birthday is. I think it's a great idea t...
DUANE CHRISTENSEN

I am increasingly convinced that humankind’s best future lies within the power of the imagination,...
DUANE HEWITT

Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you’ve changed, by beli...
DIANE DUANE

When friends couldn't be found, the books were always waiting with something new to tell. Life that ...
DIANE DUANE

But how many other kinds of life are there that I could learn to feel? Who knows where thought is hi...
DIANE DUANE

psammeads,
DIANE DUANE

isn't he in the wrong?" (I don't know,) Fred said again. (How am I supposed to judge? But you're wiz...
DIANE DUANE

When friends couldn't be found, the books were always waiting with something new to tell. Life that ...
DIANE DUANE

So You Want To Be A Wizard?
DIANE DUANE

She strolled between shelves, looking at titles, smiling as she met old friends - books she had read...
DIANE DUANE

We do what we have to, to live. Sometimes that means breaking a rocks heart, or pushing roots down i...
DIANE DUANE

magic does not live in the unwilling soul.
DIANE DUANE

Nita stood still, listening to Joanne's footsteps hurrying away, a little faster every second- and s...
DIANE DUANE

A warp," Nita whispered. "A tunnel through space-time. Are you a white hole?"
It stopped bobbin...
DIANE DUANE

The city breathing, burning, living the life thy had preserved. Ten million lives and more. If somet...
DIANE DUANE

(True,) the white hole said. (My name is Khairelikoblepharehglukumeilichephreidosd'enagouni-) and at...
DIANE DUANE

Fred started to follow, but Nita caught him in cupped hands, holding him back for a moment. "Fred! D...
DIANE DUANE

Dear Artificer, I’ve blown my quanta and gone to the Good Place!
DIANE DUANE

She tried to walk softly and wished the trees wouldn't stare at her so.
DIANE DUANE

Don't be afraid to make corrections," Picchu said. "Don't be afraid to lend a hand." She fell silent...
DIANE DUANE

Don't be afraid to make corrections! Whether the voice came from her memory or was a last whisper fr...
DIANE DUANE

In Life’s name and for Life’s sake, I say that I will use the Art for nothing but the service of...
DIANE DUANE

There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.
DIANE DUANE

To upgrade to IA 64, all you have to do is replace a cell board in the product. With IBM, you're goi...
DUANE ZITZNER

I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great ...
DUANE MICHALS

There's no way that can be the river," Rhiow said.
"Rhi, the ceiling of Grand Central--"...
DIANE DUANE

Where's my bed?!" Dairine shrieked.
"It's on Pluto," Nita said. "On the winter side, som...
DIANE DUANE

I was very impressed. You wouldn't expect someone to do it. You might collect stamps. This guy colle...
DUANE ZITZNER

The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell the...
DUANE MICHALS

Photographers usually want to photograph facts and things. But I'm interested in the nature of t...
DUANE MICHALS

We're bringing speed to the equation.
DUANE LEGATE

Well, the rollout of new technology always affects how wizards do business.
DIANE DUANE

What teens will realize is always a mystery to me. I'm still realizing so many things myself, very b...
DIANE DUANE

The issues of the choice between right and wrong has to be an ongoing concern for everybody, at ever...
DIANE DUANE

Yes, limits can be self-imposed. But, as regards space, especially, they're starting to dwindle. It ...
DIANE DUANE

What I try to do for my readers is to pass on some of the things that I found out about being thirte...
DIANE DUANE

It's a matter of thinking about possibilities instead of probabilities.
DUANE BROWN

It's a tremendous venue. I was telling Chandler there's nothing I can say or do that can prepare you...
DUANE BLACKBURN

If you can write, paint, or compose without fear, pain, tears or questions, then you are either very...
DUANE HEWITT

Photography does deal with 'truth' or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the o...
DUANE MICHALS

My work is about my life as an event, and I find myself to be very temporal, transient.
DUANE MICHALS

These seniors have been working hard the whole year in practice. That hard work paid off for them to...
DUANE WITTER

A legend can just as well be founded in the future as in the past."
"It's called a 'prophecy,'"...
DIANE DUANE

Hawaiians are pretty complacent sitting out here in the middle of the Pacific. I don't think the ave...
DUANE GUBLER

But the trouble with sainthood these days is the robe-and-halo imagery that gets stuck onto it." Car...
DIANE DUANE

We really stepped up our defense in the second half. We were able to get some transition baskets whi...
DUANE PETERSON

It was a good thing we were able to keep them from scoring points in the first half because our shoo...
DUANE PETERSON

Things are kind of right where I expected them to be. For us, since our loss to Mack, we've known th...
DUANE PETERSON

It's absolutely terrific to play in front of a crowd like this. It's the way high school basketball ...
DUANE PETERSON

We've been a streaky team. We had a nice start last night in our win over Maria Carrillo and almost ...
DUANE PETERSON

One of the keys for us this game was Norton tying up Biggs. He (Biggs) got his points but David did ...
DUANE PETERSON

Like we've always said, we have a lot of guys that score from anywhere on the court at any time. Our...
DUANE PETERSON

Bing Worthington, Snoop Dogg's brother, came to us with a vision of bridging these two industries to...
DUANE PACHA

We should be in this same mode for a good bit of next year. Traffic control-wise, you won't see anyt...
DUANE MOFFAT

We're real close to the schedule. We just did a check of the schedule and I think 30 percent of the ...
DUANE MOFFAT

We're doing real well, moving a lot of dirt working through the winter.
DUANE MOFFAT

It doesn't look like much in the beginning. The power comes in the last ten years from compounding t...
DUANE MEEK

Many young parents think linearly. Get a job, move up, buy a house, start a family, educate the chil...
DUANE MEEK

Anybody who knows (JD assistant) Tom Pinkston also knows that (the option) will be a part of our off...
DUANE MCWHORTER

I've got to learn to let people do their job. When I was on the defensive side of the ball, I may ha...
DUANE MCWHORTER

He gave us everything he had. I am proud of him and what he accomplished.
DUANE MCWHORTER

He's the money man. It was like pitching in Game 7. He made the big plays.
DUANE MCWHORTER

It was tight so we wanted to get the ball into the hands of a senior. He was really cooking tonight ...
DUANE MCWHORTER

Both sides tried their best, but we just couldn't reach an agreement.
DUANE MCLEAN

As far as I know, no other club does something like this. We're excited about it. Imagine having a b...
DUANE MCLEAN

Our problem has always been that when you set wage rates too high that we know some businesses won't...
DUANE MARSH

We want to make sure that every future laborer and every current laborer realize that the labor mark...
DUANE MARSH

We just want to make sure that future employees realize that there is no free lunch in this world. A...
DUANE MARSH

I just wish it would have been at home, instead of here, you know. But he's in good spirits. That's ...
DUANE LUNAK

They might be able to save his leg now.
DUANE LUNAK

He knows we're here. That's the important thing, he knows we're here.
DUANE LUNAK

He loved what he was doing.
DUANE LUNAK

I just hope he's there when I get there.
DUANE LUNAK

He said not to worry, he was doing fine. He's my best friend.
DUANE LUNAK

This is the culmination of not just one dream, but the dreams of many people.
DUANE LONG

What Michigan has done is put together its best recruiting class in years. Michigan competes with Oh...
DUANE LONG

He lives in Ohio State country and Ohio State offered him a scholarship, but because of the strong M...
DUANE LONG

Outside of those last couple guys that are still in question, Ohio State's staff has to love this cl...
DUANE LONG

With the addition of Ray Small, I think Ohio State certainly has one of the top 10 classes in the co...
DUANE LONG

One ball going either way is the difference in the game, but you can't beat yourself up like that. O...
DUANE LEWIS

My father is the reason I am the way I am today. He's why I acted up and he's why I prayed to be the opposite of him. We made up before he died but I vowed to never raise my kids like how he raised me.

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My father is the reason I am the way I am today. He's why I acted up and he's why I prayed to be the opposite of him. We made up before he died but I vowed to never raise my kids like how he raised me.

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