Jodie Foster Quotes
My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.
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My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
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That's the place we're in right now: we think we have the capability to get every piece of information, and we don't. We don't know what's going on behind the closed curtain. If we want to say we live in a free democratic society, we should be able to find out whatever we want to.
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I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
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'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. 'Muslim' is not a homogenous entity.
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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A house divided against itself cannot stand.
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Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.
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One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, for there are plenty of others.
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Failure is a part of success.
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Oil wells never really run dry. A big company will drain maybe 40% of a field. Pulling out the rest of the oil, which requires an outlay of incrementally more cash per barrel, often proves uneconomical for big companies with big overheads.
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I want to move people the way Edith Piaf did.
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The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people.
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At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.
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For me, fitness is a part of my everyday life. But fitness does not mean having big muscles; it means being active, quick, and flexible. It can be defined in many terms.
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We have several million Muslims in France who are mostly moderates or non-practicing. If they feel that it is the only subject in public debate, they won't feel at home and will be tempted to withdraw to their communities.
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Uday Chopra is a person who will be a part of my life for the rest of my life. He is the most amazing human being who I have ever met in my entire life - not just in India, but around the world. If anyone is his friend, that person is lucky to have him in his life.
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I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world.
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Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged.
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My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.
