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 seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews.
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We create a standard for how we want to do things, and everybody's got to buy into that standard or you really can't have any team chemistry.
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No war is over until the enemy says it's over.
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I've been identified with pink throughout my career, but I'm not as crazy about it as I've led people to believe. My favorite colors are actually neutrals—black and white—but then who thinks of a movie queen in black and white? Everything has to be in living color.
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Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything in between. Modelling is just an image.
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How we approached this was I wanted this to be personal in a way. It's not a big, epic Hollywood score but really personal and intimate, and we thought guitar would be the perfect instrument for him because he's young and he has an undying spirit and all that stuff and we went on that feeling totally.
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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.
