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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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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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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There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
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The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?
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As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that.
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I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
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My whole career is just terror, from beginning to end. That's kind of my thing. A lot of happy accidents happened.
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Koreans stuck to their traditional way of life without knowing what was going on outside the country. We were like frogs in a well.
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When you guys are sleeping at night, I am out there working.
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My job was to find interesting material that would give us a quality television show.
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British people are surprised that I'm British!
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My mother is the reason I'm in fashion. She worshiped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.
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The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.
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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.
