Jodie Foster Quotes
I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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Acting is a cruel enough business. One minute everyone's going 'Hey!' and the next they're going 'Who?'. You certainly don't need people knowing your private business, especially if you want to come out with your head still attached.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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I think it's really important that people become aware of the amount, the mass of animals that are sitting in shelters as opposed to people going out and just buying puppies that are being bred.
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Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
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Around 2005, the Canadian army tapped me to do a dramatization for a series of foresight workshops they'd done. They had stacks of papers and needed it boiled down to something simple enough for a 4-star general to understand. We decided to do it as a story. That's how I created 'Crisis in Zefra.'
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.
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A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
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I grew up in New York.
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I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.
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Back in 2003, when I was home secretary, I introduced the victim surcharge on offenders to substantially expand the support available and, I hoped, the protection of witnesses who were brave enough to come forward.
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It's a challenge to turn a book series into a television series; you need to keep people on their toes, but you also want to be true to the source material.
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I got lost in the night, without the light of your eyelids, and when the night surrounded me I was born again: I was the owner of my own darkness.
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I want us to be as good as we say we are and as others think we should be.
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The homosexuals fist fuck in the steam room while the janitor isn't looking. He calls and never speaks but you can hear Oahu rain. Press your ear against the glass and heart another life not happening, the soundless blur of snow on the plasma screen.
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I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.
