Foster Friess Quotes
People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
Quotes to Explore
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Broadway is really my life.
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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I feel like I have lived all over the world since I get to go everywhere to film.
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I am not honest.
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We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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I love books.
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If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.
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Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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With acting, I've got a character to inhabit. You've got to think about your intentions and your directions. In modeling, even though there's an act to it, a good model is a good model. For me it's uncomfortable territory. You start to feel quite insecure about yourself. There's nothing between you and the camera, and it's just you.
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I think that most of the people running companies today are motivated and pay is a small portion of the motivation.
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There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can't go there or doesn't elevate the social consciousness in some way, then we are in peril.
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People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.
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Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought that's the way they're done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
