Owen Wilson Quotes
James L.Brooks is just a very original person. So that was definitely the luckiest, most important thing that happened to me meeting him. Then I guess also meeting Ben Stiller. He cast me in the only thing I think I ever auditioned for and got: Cable Guy 1996. And that led to us becoming friends.
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All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.
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I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.
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I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
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I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy.
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It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
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I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.
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Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.
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You can tell when people think they're a little bit special, and it's quite fun to laugh at them, and I think it's good to laugh at them, because then you can deflate their egos a bit.
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In my community, women are as important as males, and they are playing an equal role in the society.
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I was asked if I would play President Obama in 'My Name is Khan.' I didn't feel comfortable with doing it. Partly because he was still in office, but mainly because I felt that there were other people who were better suited to doing the role.
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There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.
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A movie has to get good reviews, high grosses - it has to beat expectations. The same thing with television and the ratings. But being curious isn't like that. It's not a public thing. It's private, and the test is a private one. You have to be on your toes.
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When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind.'
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We must continue to fight for funding for health technologies so that they can continue to do what they do best - save lives - but also because they confer a real benefit to America's economy.
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It sounds like a cliche, but it... you do sing about what you know about. And I grew up in a small town, and I grew up in a place where your whole world revolved around friends, family, school, and church, and sports.
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I feel like I've woken up with suddenly more facial hair and a deeper voice.
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James L.Brooks is just a very original person. So that was definitely the luckiest, most important thing that happened to me meeting him. Then I guess also meeting Ben Stiller. He cast me in the only thing I think I ever auditioned for and got: Cable Guy 1996. And that led to us becoming friends.
