Major Owens Quotes
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We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office.
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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At least for me, any time I've been in hotbeds of creativity, I got excited about something that wasn't coming from me.
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Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.
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Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.
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I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store.
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You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.
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And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.
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I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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Authenticity, to me, is something that you feel, and if it doesn't feel authentic, you pick up on it right away.
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We want to keep extending our brand into different places, into movies and soundtracks and our music will live on through licensing and our brand lives on through merchandise and new generations will get to wear our clothing and our T-shirts and stuff that's associated with us.
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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
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Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I hope they notice me because I'll get better service. If I'm at a restaurant, I look for the black waiter. Rent-a-Car, give you the upgrade.
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The problem was just a mean attitude that festers and has to be challenged.
