Michael Owen Quotes
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Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.
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If I did a talk show, this would allow me to speak on what's happening at that moment. I can be current, and I get to flex my stand-up muscle but stay at home without doing the traveling.
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I was the only Christian on the cast, but that was cool because we all respected each others talent and mostly they respected me a lot even though I was the only Christian.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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In 2011, General Alston, four-star commander in Iraq, recommended to the President, a force level of over 20,000. The President rejected it and pulled out all the forces with what is now known as a disastrous consequence in Syria.
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How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?
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We made music that wouldn't be in synch.
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I had a vision - and I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged in battle, and the sun was darkened - the thunder rolled in the Heavens, and blood flowed in streams - and I heard a voice saying, 'Such is your luck, such are you called to see, and let it come rough or smooth, you must surely bear it.'
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Every morning, I can lose myself just by looking at my son.
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I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28.
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Maybe if people stopped thinking of themselves, and started thinking of the other sides of things, people wouldn't hurt each other.
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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
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And it seemed as if the pounding rain would tear off the roof of their house. For an instant, Andrés felt as if there would never again be any light in their house. It would always be dark. And then he thought that no matter how much they’d tried to change this house into something else, it would always be that house they found the first day they moved in. A house with no light. A house with no one in it. A house that smelled of a hundred years of waste and war. A heartless, heartless house.
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The further you get up the corporate ladder, the farther you get from the actual filmmaking process.
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When I throw the hook, I think of my arm as a whip with a rock attached to the end.
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I consume music the way other people consume movies.
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Great boss is challenging people in the right way. Leading, not managing. Supporting them by giving them both a platform they can count on and expectations they can stretch for.
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You need people who score goals. That's how you win games
