Charlie Rowe Quotes
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements.
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I admit that the direct model has done a lot for Dell. That's the only thing the company has ever really accomplished.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in.
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Everything I do now is a first.
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When we were shooting 'Oz,' my wife was doing 'Beauty and the Beast' on Broadway, singing and dancing. It was an interesting dichotomy in our house.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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A person who suffers from severe locomotor anxiety finds himself in an almost permanent state of mental tension. He wakes in the morning with the anxious expectation of having to go out somewhere in the course of the day.
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If you only do issue-based drama, you can become a boring wanker.
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The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classes while I was in school and met a casting director who informed me quite a bit before my move out to L.A.; it made L.A. feel possible, coming from Oklahoma and not having a family that was in the industry.
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Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say, 'She's my best friend.' That's not a given, it's a process.
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Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.
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For me from a pretty young age up until about 21 years old hallucinogenics had a huge place in my life.
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It's a first for me. It's my first nude scene.
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It's a scary question for a musician or songwriter today - what does the future hold? It is a strange time in the music business too; it feels like we are all in some kind of transitional period, stuck between old technology and new.
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The one thing that people don't get about GE is that, to the people who work here, it's not a company. It's not just a job. You feel like you're part of a 120-year-old ever-growing, ever-improving family.
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After the 'Golden Compass,' I wasn't sure if I'd ever get another acting job.
