Jamie Foxx (Eric Marlon Bishop) Quotes
That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did. So after that, I switched to Communications.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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As an actress, as you get older, you find yourself in a situation where you play mothers or women who are hoping to be mothers.
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I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday evening, and I passed. Had better things to do.
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I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.
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Sail through the sea of sad faces with love. Love. Love for everyone. Drift like a little boat on a wave.
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I never thought I want to do anything, really, except not go to work properly and turn up at the same place every day and eat sandwiches in the same canteen, if I can possibly help it, as I don't think I'd be very good at it.
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I will never take the fact that I am Welterweight Champion for granted. I learnt my mistake in the past. No matter how great, no matter how people tell me how great I am, I'm always one mistake away from losing everything.
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That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.
