Gary Owen Quotes
There's still people who think me being married to a sista is an act. What, you think I'd make that up for a persona?
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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On 'Rogue One,' we had these sets with tiny little buttons that would light up when you pressed them, and screens full of graphics, and it really felt like you were driving a spaceship. The level of detail; you'll be two meters away from where the action is, but there'll be a little detail there just in case the camera catches it.
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For me, Westernization is not about consuming fanciful goods; it's about a system of free speech, democracy, egalitarianism and respect for the people's rights and dignity.
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I've always wanted to do a travel show for people who never thought they could.
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Since I started acting, I've always been aware of the sort of 'beastly entity' that is America and Hollywood, and semi-consciously, I devised a kind of route in - I'd seen a lot of people try and fail.
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Don't change a thing. That's one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with.
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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I still call Texas home. It is where I spent most of my life growing up.
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The more people pointed at me in scorn the more stubborn I got and when they began calling me the Bad Girl of West Seattle High, I tried to live up to it.
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I don't care about what people might call my style. It's just like when people call my music 'jangly,' 'dream,' 'oceanside,' whatever - I don't care. I'm just wearing whatever I can scrap together.
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It is horrible to say, but I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.
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I feel a responsibility to the fans who have paid to see me and I want to give as good a show as I possibly can.
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There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.
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I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.
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At least international media can see how I am trying to change the typical orthodox mindset of people who don't want to come out of their shells of false beliefs and old practices.
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I am not really brand-conscious; I pick out clothes that appeal to me regardless of the label, but I consider my style very American.
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If I don't know I don't know, I think I know. If I don't know I know, I think I don't know.
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When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him.
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The suffering of the Bahamian people is nearly ended. A new day is coming. It is almost here.
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Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
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I find myself speaking through the other characters, putting ideas in their voices and heads. Writing almost becomes a splitting of myself into multiple personalities. But I don't write to make an argument on behalf of any of the characters, or to prove anything about a character. I think that's important that I be serving the story first and not my own point of view.
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Washington newspaper men know everything.
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Having a child makes you realize the importance of life - narcissism goes out the window. Heaven on earth is looking at my little boy. The minute he was born, I knew if I never did anything other than being a mom, I'd be fine.
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There's still people who think me being married to a sista is an act. What, you think I'd make that up for a persona?
