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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Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature of that in which it is found, whether the poem, the manner of a god, the bearing of a man. It is not a dress.
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I actually wanted to be a zookeeper when I was 5.
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You'd be surprised what you'd catch on my playlist.
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Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.
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What I think is at stake in 2012, is whether the five or six strong conservatives elected to the Senate in 2010 become 10 or 12. And if that happens, it will fundamentally shift the character of the Senate. It will shift the balance.
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In Russia, you really learn about a person.
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We worked together with Wes Anderson writing a couple more movies together: Rushmore 1998 and Tenenbaums.
