Chris Owen Quotes
This is what I wanted to do from the very beginning: write songs and make records and tour them with a good live band.
Quotes to Explore
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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I obviously would love to have a girlfriend, but a girlfriend deserves so much of your time and energy. And she deserves to be treated like a princess because that's how you should treat your girls. And if I can't give them that time and that devotion because of my dedication to football, then I don't feel like I should almost waste their time.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance.
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Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read.
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If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.
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If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.
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You have to be resilient.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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I was in a music class when I was little, and they discovered I had a talent and could sing. From there, I joined this singing troupe in California, and I would just go sing at festivals in this girl group and perform as much as I could.
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I'm in love with the markets of the world. It's a photograph of a city, a culture.
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We talk a lot in Congress about how we're going to encourage more development in renewables, and we put in place a subsidy that's good for two years. Then Congress argues and bickers over whether or not we're going to extend it. As a consequence, nothing happens because we've put so much uncertainty into the prospect of these subsidies.
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When a place comes across vividly in a novel, it's often compared to a character. I can remember writing teachers who encouraged me to treat setting as if it were a character, to give it three dimensions, to make it come alive, jump off the page.
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Keep it simple in the kitchen. If you use quality ingredients, you don't need anything fancy to make food delicious: just a knife, a cutting board, and some good nonstick cookware, and you're set.
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This is what I wanted to do from the very beginning: write songs and make records and tour them with a good live band.
