Bill Owens Quotes
Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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As the possessor of complete knowledge, God is not mistaken about people's experiences as people are mistaken about each others' experiences.
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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I'm not one of these million-dollar actors. I have always been just a working actor. I probably work more than I would like to.
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If you sit in a bath of pineapple chunks, it can kill you. That's well documented.
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First scenes are super-important to me. I'll spend months and months pacing and climbing the walls trying to come up with the first scene. I drive for hours on the freeway.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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I'm a big fan of Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars – that's my next level. You've got to dream. People have always tried to shoot me down for wanting to be a big worldwide star. But why not? You have to broaden your horizons and put yourself out there.
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The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.
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The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.
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I think social media, it in a way forces companies to be more authentic or more transparent because it gives a voice to the consumer and a reach to the consumer that they didn't have before.
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What do young, budding artists do, but go to law school? I had creative periods now and again, but it wasn't until I was practicing law that I really needed a creative outlet. I'd come home from long days at the office and draw, paint, and sculpt from clay, wire - even candy.
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You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom.
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Dirk is like the German Moses, invincible and inspiring. That is why 'His Name Is Dirk' must be the Official Fan Song for Dirk Nowitzki.
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I don't mind playing my music live. It's fun. But what my real passion is is writing music.
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To find a prince, you gotta kiss some toads.
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Penmanship means a lot to me. I don't have cursive penmanship, though. I've created my own penmanship. It's very clear. Everyone can read it. I write things down all day long.
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It's a good team though that works very closely and very well together, and all those people putting that effort in, then I'm sure we will improve dramatically from where we are now as the season goes on.
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I've always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone's feelings.
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Truth never pleads or compromises or wavers. It invites and awaits your acceptance.
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When I'm up on stage, I'm thinking more about my fans and about myself as a singer and an artist. When I'm at home being a daddy, the last thing I'm thinking about is being an artist. It is two things that I never really put together.
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But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.
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Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish.
