John Foster Quotes
There aren't many American directors here trying to direct a Japanese yakuza film. When you combine that with the fact that I don't speak much Japanese and this was an independent film I was financing myself - people were curious about what I was doing.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with - if I may judge from my own father, who used to sit and stare at the TV while my mother was speaking to him - I think that's a man's way of tuning out.
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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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What is Oracle? A bunch of people. And all of our products were just ideas in the heads of those people - ideas that people typed into a computer, tested, and that turned out to be the best idea for a database or for a programming language.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.
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Just look at who won the third debate between Bush and Gore. I knew Bush won, because people liked him more. People just didn't like Gore. But all the journalists thought Gore won big, he cleaned the guy's clock.
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The difference between me and Bono is that he's quite happy to go and flatter people to get what he wants and he's very good at it, but I just can't do it. I'd probably end up punching them in the face rather than shaking their hand, so it's best that I stay out of their way. I can't engage with that level of bullshit. Which is a shame, really, and in a way it would help if I could, but I just can't. I admire the fact that Bono can, and can walk away from it smelling of roses.
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As an artist, you have to express yourself. I make no excuses for my versatility. I grew up singing classical arias, but I love rock n' roll and jazz standards.
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In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.
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I'd love to get into some comedy, but people keep saying, 'You're not funny!' And I say, 'Well, fair enough.' I have done comedy on stage.
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There aren't many American directors here trying to direct a Japanese yakuza film. When you combine that with the fact that I don't speak much Japanese and this was an independent film I was financing myself - people were curious about what I was doing.
