Burgess Owens Quotes
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I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, 'I let go and I'm going to let the cards fall where they fall... For a control freak, it's hard.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
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It is my passion to direct movies.
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I'd never want to do something just for the show of it.
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Like many people, most Libertarians feel empathy and sympathy for less fortunate people. But they know you can't have perfection in a world of limited resources.
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This was totally influenced by me and the direction that I am writing about and the stuff that I am writing about. There is just no way that you can be as intense as what I have been through in my life over a drum beat machine, sample, or loop; it's just not going to happen.
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I just had that conversation this morning with my doctor. I just got back from the hospital a half-hour ago, and nothing will make me happier than to replicate the DNA of my amazing husband. I'm optimistic.
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I enjoy fashion and taking the effort to present myself well, and I'm glad that a lot of people refer to me as a 'Hijabster'. I'm not the greatest fan of the term, but I think girls everywhere should be confident in their own skin and be inspired to look and feel good inside and out.
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You can't tell your kids to read if you're just watching television. They have to see you read. And in that respect, I think it's important to walk the walk. It's a wonderful shared time.
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From my childhood, I am like this. I never go parties and attend functions.
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When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.
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Everyone Instagrams all the people they are with. I get that it's part of the job. But there's a point where it's like, 'Can't you just be a person and have a separate life to your job?'
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You just can't afford to care that much about the negative things people say about you. You just can't!
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Boldness will be at a disadvantage only in an encounter with deliberate caution, which may be considered bold in its own right, and is certainly just as powerful and effective; but such cases are rare.
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I like befriending my collaborators because I'd rather make music with people I like than people I pretend to like.
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The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.
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Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.
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I've always loved makeup. I'm very, very girly. I used to sit and watch my mum get ready. My mum is very glamorous, and I remember sitting on her bed and watching her apply her makeup, get dressed, and do her hair.
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You learn in the pros that errors can be costly.
