Owen Wister Quotes

It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them.

Owen Wister

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• It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

  

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• I love playing in Germany. I love playing anywhere where people are going to enjoy the music. Germany is especially nice to play.

  

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• The people who knew me and knew my work and trusted me, they knew then as they do now that I've never fabricated or plagiarized a story. People who know me know I didn't do this.

  

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• When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don't discuss that.

  

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• It was a good chance for us to play for people who would never have heard us otherwise.

  

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• I'm more attracted to the bad guys. Why? Because in real life, I don't know any good guys. I know okay guys. I know polite guys. I know people who can control themselves.

  

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• If I had my life to live all over again, I really think I would have been a fit person. Looking around me, I realise that the men and women who walked and ran and swam and played sport look better and feel better than the rest of us.

  

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• It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them.

  

  Owen Wister
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  • Men
  • Praying