Clive Owen Quotes
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
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The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
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Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet.
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Politics ruins the character.
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The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
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I used to skip breakfast, but eating gets my metabolism going, so I burn more calories all day.
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I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music.
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When there's justice and change, you start to see the cleansing of the soul, and that is what I want for people, and I hope it's okay for me to say those things.
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It's very easy to live here. You're anonymous here. Nobody knows who you are.
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We all have ups and downs in our career, and as an actor going through a rough patch, all I can do is keep working as hard as I can and hope for the best.
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Surviving is the only glory in war.
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I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.
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I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing jewelry, I did better as a model.
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Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn't want the government to be mandating courtesy.
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When you’re in love you don’t have to do a damn thing. You can just be. You can just stay quiet in the world. You don’t have to move an inch.
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It's so easy to play us guys that I hate to give away secrets to women because I know they'll use them. But OK, if you just simply don't give a guy the time of day, every once in awhile, it just makes us more like 'What do we do?' Men are developed to conquer. When we can't seem to conquer, we stay in it no matter what.
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I was not a very fearful kid, really.
