John W. Foster Quotes
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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My parents were reluctant to let me start auditioning until I was at least a little bit emotionally stable - I'm still working on that! And so I started when I was fifteen, and it was the best thing that could have happened to me in terms of being able to focus my crazy teenage energy into something good.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
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I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.
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All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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You can have anything you want, but not everything. If it was really important to spend an afternoon at my daughter's school, I had to think, how was I going to organize my life to do that? How could I become more efficient? I always tried to put my priorities on the table, personal and professional, and work around them.
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I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.
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When my senior prom was happening, I was in Malta filming 'Troy.'
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A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.
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I have like fifteen televisions in my house.
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Men can never understand the fear of everlasting punishment that fills the souls of women and children. The orthodox religion, as drawn from the Bible and expounded by the church, is enough to drive the most imaginative and sensitive natures to despair and death.
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There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
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It's interesting going between small parts and then bigger roles where you carry the film. If the writing is good, and if the people involved have integrity, then you'll do it, even if it's only five minutes on screen.
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One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
