Gary Owen Quotes
I just want a big HBO special or a network or somebody willing to get behind my work and promote it. The most frustrating thing for me is to have this successful act that resonates across the country, and the network guys just don't get it. Everyone sees it except them. I want to leave a mark.

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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
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I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.
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You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.
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Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at that. The greatest challenge is that, I just got arrested for protesting in NYC for cutting the school budgets... And I think that it's important to stand up. Schools are important.
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I was lucky to be with Johnny... he taught me a lot about fame.
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I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.
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I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.
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I just want a big HBO special or a network or somebody willing to get behind my work and promote it. The most frustrating thing for me is to have this successful act that resonates across the country, and the network guys just don't get it. Everyone sees it except them. I want to leave a mark.