Major Owens Quotes

The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition.

Major Owens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 28, 1936 - October 21, 2013

Topics

CompetitionPeopleSocietyGoKind

In animation, you can often defer decisions or make changes later.

John Knoll

DecisionsYouChangesAnimationMake

I really don't have much respect for the people who live their lives motivated by an exit strategy existing, being performed. There was no option that we were trained in that says, 'If it gets too hard, get up and leave.'

Andy Grove

LiveRespectPeopleStrategyHard

I affirm to you the tremendous potential you have, not beyond anything you could ever imagine.

Stephen Covey

PotentialYouBeyondAnythingEver

Here's the thing about Apple, we complain and they give us more battery life. We complain and they'll give us more stuff. Everything's beta right now. Everything's experimental. They really don't know what people want.

Sinbad

LifePeopleAppleKnowNowWant

When I started modeling at 15, there were no provisions for on-set tutors, and so I dropped out of school. Although I was one of the lucky ones who went on to a successful career as a model, as a child I should never have been forced to make that choice - between modeling and education.

Trish Goff

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I was a 2-year-old baby on something, but it's not like I had lines. But I actually had my first lines when I was 4. And then I finished school, and I went to USC for their BFA program in acting.

Troian Bellisario

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It's nice to create something you believe in. It's even nicer to dance to your own tunes sometimes.

Shreya Ghoshal

DanceBelieveYouCreateNiceOwn

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.

Tony Curtis

ArtPaintingWhereShowWouldStill

Two of the first plays I saw after I arrived in Britain were 'King Lear' in Liverpool, and 'Antony and Cleopatra' at Stratford. One was produced with hardly a backdrop and the other with gigantic scene changes. I was impressed by what connected the two: the words and their life beyond the stage.

Romesh Gunesekera

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I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny.

Denise Mina

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I love near-term sci-fi. I especially love right-now sci-fi: stuff that happens in current time but incorporates a scientific breakthrough that is currently being explored.

Brad Feld

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I'm just looking for a kind of project that will have a decent role and is something that I'll really enjoy doing. There are a lot more opportunities in television.

Penelope Ann Miller

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