Jamie Foxx (Eric Marlon Bishop) Quotes

I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling.

Jamie Foxx

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• I have an office full of product from brands trying to be in videos and an inbox full of songs from artists, but at the end of the day if the artist doesn't support the brand or it doesn't make sense for the song, then it will never work. What we do is try to pair them up so that both sides are happy.

  

  Adam Kluger
  • Up
  • Work
  • Trying

• It's nice not to be too boring.

  

  Barry Pepper
  • Nice
  • Boring
  • Too

• To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Life
  • Way
  • Life Goes On

• The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

  

  Gavin Rossdale Bush
  • Myself
  • Understand
  • Talk

• It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.

  

  Ian Rush
  • Different
  • Place
  • Boston

• Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Women
  • Courage
  • End

• I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.

  

  Fernando Flores
  • Heart
  • Power
  • Truth

• The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • Important
  • Create
  • Sacred

• There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.

  

  Zachary Levi
  • People
  • World
  • Spiritual

• I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Learning
  • Doing

• There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there; it's just important that you know how to handle expectations.

  

  Carl Hagelin
  • Important
  • Game
  • Best

• There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.

  

  J. Donald Walters
  • Love
  • Support
  • Emotional

• Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • Women
  • Years
  • Size

• I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls.

  

  Tabitha Soren
  • People
  • Player
  • Been

• Only heroes get stereotyped. As they do the same kind of roles again and again.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Kind
  • Same
  • Heroes

• We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • Congress
  • Jewish
  • Some

• One of the biggest differences between you and a traditionally published author is that a self-pubbed author is responsible for everything. Not just writing the book - but cover design, editing, producing, distribution, and publicity as well.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Design

• I read everything by Ian McEwan, he is so elegant. I love reading anything about Shakespeare, too. He is my first love. If I had a time machine, I would be hanging out with him.

  

  Kate Fleetwood
  • Time
  • Read
  • Elegant

• History is never antiquated, because humanity is always fundamentally the same. It is always hungry for bread, sweaty with labor, struggling to wrest from nature and hostile men enough to feed its children. The welfare of the mass is always at odds with the selfish force of the strong.

  

  Walter Rauschenbusch
  • Men
  • Children
  • History

• It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • Life
  • Long
  • Aging

• It’s about misunderstandings between people and places, being disconnected and looking for moments of connection. There are so many moments in life when people don’t say what they mean, when they are just missing each other, waiting to run into each other in a hallway.

  

  Sofia Coppola
  • People
  • Life
  • Running

• I was involved with MySpace and Facebook and everything at a very young age because it's so casual now, and I'm into texting, obviously. But I've never been involved in any type of chat room. My parents are pretty cautious about it and know all my passwords and know who my friends are and who I'm talking to.

  

  Liana Liberato
  • Friends
  • Age
  • Pretty

• It's true I didn't get a fair trial, but the problem is people don't understand the details. It is important to understand the details of the trial and why I'm not guilty under the charges that were brought against me.

  

  Chen Shui-bian
  • People
  • Important
  • Why

• I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling.

  

  Jamie Foxx
  • Life
  • Sports
  • Athlete