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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The economy works best when better ideas win out over worse ideas, harder work wins out over less work, when it's a fair fight in the marketplace.
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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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All I'm doing is being in films that I would watch if I wasn't in this industry.
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I didn't want to write a 'this is how it is' Iraq book, because the Iraq War is an intensely complicated variety of things.
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I try to keeps things pretty light, try to make people laugh. I find it difficult to keep trying to promote myself. I know that's the whole point of it, to promote my music, but I like to use it to be funny and silly.
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People who are considered scary or odd or even monsters are so often the people that just need love and someone to care for them.
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While goals are chosen, a purpose is discovered. Our purpose is something we have been doing all along, and will continue to do, regardless of circumstances, until the day we die.
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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.
