Owen Wilson Quotes
We worked together with Wes Anderson writing a couple more movies together: Rushmore 1998 and Tenenbaums.
Quotes to Explore
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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I don't understand what A grade commercial cinema is. If you are talking about box office success, mine are A+ then!
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Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor.
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Developing nations want to become developed nations.
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I do not favor the gag order.
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All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.
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I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge respect for each other.
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I actually wanted to be a zookeeper when I was 5.
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Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
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I don't often get angered by the things press spokespeople say. Most of these people have difficult jobs and are often forced to be the public faces of policies they had nothing to do with creating.
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I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it happen, much like the way I ran my business.
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I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education - that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.
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I think the natural is, for many people, the gateway to something supernatural or otherworldly.
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A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
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We worked together with Wes Anderson writing a couple more movies together: Rushmore 1998 and Tenenbaums.
