Ferdinand Foch Quotes
(perhaps a different and better translation of the same remark) quoted by Barbara Tuchman in The Guns of August (Random House, 1962)
Quotes to Explore
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The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques.
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There was a strange atmosphere on the set because we were filming in this large house, which was used for troubled children. You'd go in and find walls had been burnt down. The building was charged with this history and it stayed with us throughout the filming.
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As much as I don't want to admit it, my fans are the only ones that can hurt my feelings when they're not pleased with what I'm presenting. I want it to be perfect for them. I want them to have a different sense of pride in my music.
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To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
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I have a whole closet in my house that's dedicated just to jackets and coats, stuff that I've collected over the years.
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Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.
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Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role.
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I grew up playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, everything, and acting was such a different environment and different world for me.
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My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers.
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I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches.
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The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.
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It's just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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People tend to think they know you when you come into their televisions every week. They think you are different than who you are. Don't believe everything you hear.
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We have developed overlays for the keys of the cash registers with the help of the Braille Institute, so that blind crew members can take orders and help our guests.
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I don't believe you can get into somebody's character but more that somebody comes in you. You just use yourself. In everything I play, I feel like it is me. I just say different things on different times and look different.
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I do believe that there are creative chakras or different sorts of energy centers.
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I'd like to do some things over again. I never want to repeat anything that went well, though - I just want to do better at slightly different things.
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When I look back on my career, I go, 'This is really great, I've played so many different women.'
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I've always hated my voice. You sound different in your head when you hear it out loud.
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The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different.
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Reality and Fiction are different in that fiction has to make sense.
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I don't spend a lot of money on clothes, which is weird because I am a fashion model, but when it comes to the new collections coming out, I am just praying designers send it to me for free.
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You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.
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(perhaps a different and better translation of the same remark) quoted by Barbara Tuchman in The Guns of August (Random House, 1962)
