Jodie Foster Quotes
'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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I'm sure lots of actors and creative people go through this, where you have some weeks where it's all going according to plan and some weeks where you're super frustrated.
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In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.
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I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hotels in the U.S.
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If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.
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A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
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I am just trying to be a good, protective mother. I want to give Bertie as normal a childhood as possible while preserving his privacy.
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If you don't like me, it's your problem.
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I think that, if anything, the pageant is great for people who suffer from body issues. It's all about being comfortable with what you're given and what you have and being able to flaunt it without being insecure. It's about empowering women, not making them feel weak or less.
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Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions.
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Acting is all about finding the truth within whatever world you're in.
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I have been taking my daily walk round the island, and visited the sugar mill and the threshing mill again.
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Now that I'm out and I'm shouting in doorways Freed from a love more like murder I should be singing but in liberation Feel like a ship with no rudder.
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Here's a tip...If you leave a girl crying you're probably not doing your Don Juan routine right, asshole.
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I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.
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Acting is a hard way to make a living, and there's a kind of dark, somewhat seedy side to the whole aspect of fame and celebrity that's not really something I would want for my child - or want him to want, if that makes any sense.
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We're going to fight for every vote in every state. We're going to make a real difference in people's lives.
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Sternly she tried to frown the unseemly sensation down. Burgeon, indeed. She had heard of dried staffs, pieces of mere dead wood, suddenly putting forth fresh leaves, but only in legend. She was not in legend. She knew perfectly what was due to herself. Dignity demanded that she should have nothing to do with fresh leaves at her age; and yet there it was--the feeling that presently, that at any moment now, she might crop out all green.
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'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.
