Jodie Foster Quotes
I never know what's going to move me. I'm always surprised. And it's always a mystery to the people who work with me.
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.
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A lot of guys try to mingle with me because of who I am. If I encounter a guy with a clean heart, I will go by my instincts. I guess my man won't be from the film industry.
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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Spontaneity is what travel is all about.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.
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I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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If you look at the carrying capacity of agricultural areas throughout the world, their ecological habitats are changing. So I think we're looking at - in our lifetime - great collapses of food services.
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You can't give up. If you set yourself a target, you've got to keep on until you achieve it. It's a matter of having pride in yourself.
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'Mad Men' has been my big break. I'm beyond thrilled.
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He wrote one more paragraph for his own sake, to see what he had to say.
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My mother, she didn't believe in praise. She'd never say anything was great. I think that's quite Northern, to not make people feel too good. I didn't mind if she was proud of me or not, it didn't bother me. I was never trying to please her.
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All early entrepreneurs fall prey to the same problem, which is everyone believes that if you are super intense in the beginning, work long hours, that you can create something quickly and that entrepreneurship is almost something that happens overnight.
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I never know what's going to move me. I'm always surprised. And it's always a mystery to the people who work with me.
