Buck Owens (Alvis Edgar Owens Jr.) Quotes
We were sharecroppers - we were a little bit of everything. We farmed and tried to make something.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.
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It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.
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The mainstream media has chosen their candidates and their issues, and they're not the same as the GOP's. They are going to be painted as the bad guys.
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You still slightly down that you're ever going to work again, every time you finish something. That's the territory of being an actor. It's like anything that's competitive. It takes a lot of determination. I just feel lucky to be able to do something that I really love.
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The more I support with my economic plans the building of a middle class, the quicker they're going to turn around and say, 'Hey, we want a bigger say in things.' So, I knew what I was getting into right at the beginning. It's the right thing to do.
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To be honest with you, I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist. I got way better since the early nineties, as far as putting words together. My best energy probably was the '90s, because I was new.
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The challenge we have in the war on terrorism is looking around for those pieces that matter and trying to fit them together.
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We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.
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You can wear a beautiful black dress that you've maybe had for years, but if you wear a fun shoe, you can completely change it. Wear something different, something sexy, something strappy, or something with pom poms.
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If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.
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That was the day I began cutting classes and returning to TV tapings; it ultimately led to a friendship with Johnny O, and an increasing fascination and respect for what he did.
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I was neitherLiving nor dead, and I knew nothing, Looking into the heart of light, the silence.
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I've lived in California for six years and I've never surfed.
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Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.
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We definitely “grow” demos. In the beginning, we have a rough idea, and it usually is a work in progress for a few months. We usually have a couple going at the same time. When a song gets “there”, we will then zero in on it, and focus and finish it.
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Basic anatomy. That has got to be the ongoing frustration: Why can't my fingers do what I want them to do? Not being able to play what I hear in my head - that is the ultimate source of frustration.
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Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.
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We were sharecroppers - we were a little bit of everything. We farmed and tried to make something.
