Coy Bowles Quotes
I've tried very hard to stay grounded with my family, my ol' buddies, nature, music, and creativity.
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In my life, I wanted to feel tall. I wanted to be somebody. I wanted to be tall as the Sears Tower. I wanted to be on top of the Sears Tower. I wanted to be as strong as the Sears Tower feels.
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I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I'm not a politician.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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I think when someone knows who they are and is comfortable and confident with that, I think a lot of the typical, aesthetic things sort of fall by the wayside.
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Losers are more like the rest of us. They make mistakes they can't take back.
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The best thing is to possess pleasures without being their slave; not to be devoid of pleasures.
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But the gospel doesn't need a coalition devoted to keeping the wrong people out. It needs a family of sinners, saved by grace, committed to tearing down the walls, throwing open the doors, and shouting, "Welcome! There's bread and wine. Come eat with us and talk." This isn't a kingdom for the worthy; it's a kingdom for the hungry.
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Nature allowed only the fit and the lucky to share this paradise-in-the-making.
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I've tried very hard to stay grounded with my family, my ol' buddies, nature, music, and creativity.
