Clive Owen Quotes
I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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Being in my best shape, my conditioning, it's something I pride myself in.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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I live with myself. I wake up with myself, I eat, and I take a dump with myself. I don't see anything special there. I do all the same things other human beings and creatures do. I don't see any need to be telling the data of the day of this particular human being by posting it on online. It's not interesting to me.
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Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.
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I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.
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I think, in a lot of ways, we underestimate how much clothing plays a part in achieving our identities and in how we want the world to deal with us.
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The more I grow, and the older I get, the more I am enjoying my life and know how precious it really is.
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Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.
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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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No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.
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I play the guitar when I want to relax. But to play the guitar, you cut the nails. So one day, I'll cut the nails off.
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I've always been able to sense the relationship between two people based on how one person says the other's name!
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Good stories must travel through conflict. And in epic stories, the conflict must become unbearable.
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I do think there are some actors that can get away with trying to be funny, and they're still funny because they're just likeable, and you want to see them. Me, though, when you see me trying to be funny, it's like the worst thing in the world. It's needy, it's cloying, it's manipulative - it's bad.
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Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week.
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For me, the hardest part of an injury is watching the races go by that I had hoped to compete in. The only thing that makes it easier is thinking of how certain struggles make other accomplishments mean so much.
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Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well.
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I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about.
