Jodie Foster Quotes
I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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I don't want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.
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Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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Everybody eats a little differently, but the more where you are aware of what you put in your body and how it affects your performance, the better opportunities you have. And that's what I'm trying to do.
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How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
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It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?
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There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.
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I have always been, and shall continue to be, honest when it comes to bodyweight issues.
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Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party's programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It's not because the Republicans don't have a big enough Office of Hispanic Outreach.
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It is difficult for the matter-of-fact physicist to accept the view that the substratum of everything is of mental character. But no one can deny that mind is the first and most direct thing in our experience, and all else is remote inference - inference either intuitive or deliberate.
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. . . as one goes through life one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.
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Democracy is always an unfinished experiment, testing the capacity of each generation to live freedom nobly.
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There were times when I didn't think I would even be at the European Championship. so to be walking off the field, having scored the winning goal in front of our home fans, just got too much for me.
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Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.
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I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.
