Jodie Foster Quotes
All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.
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My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, 'Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,' with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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I ain't just collab-ing with anybody. Because I don't care about making friends. I got enough friends.
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Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon.
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Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
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I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-night stand,' you know, I just can't explain the feeling. It's unreal. You feel like you've just read your diary to thousands of people and they've gone, 'It's okay. We still love you.'
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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No state can match the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay, our beaches and farms, or the mountains of Western Maryland, the Port of Baltimore, or the historic charm of every corner of our state.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov
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I've always loved clothes, especially handbags and shoes. I'd rather save my money on clothing and wear crap, but have the handbags and shoes.
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Millions of people have come to the United States in pursuit of liberty and a better way of life. They contribute to this tremendous melting pot and embrace the opportunities which are presented for them and their families.
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
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It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting.
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All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.
