Foster Friess Quotes
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The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture.
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Because I had a lot of emotional upheaval in my life, I'm attracted to stories about characters whose lives are full of wounds and secrets. I'm not interested in who's going to ask me to the prom. I never went to a prom.
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Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on.
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Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.
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I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party.
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Here's how I work: It's 2013, and most marketers are operating like it's 2009. I'm always trying to market like it's 2015, but not like it's 2020. A lot of my contemporaries who understand where the world is going, go too far out, and aren't practical. I have always prided myself on being visionary, with a heavy practicality.
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If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
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I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and 'Soul Train' as a solo artist. As a producer, songwriter and arranger, I help other artists say what they want to say. But on my records, I say what I want to say.
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My parents immigrated from Italy and spent 40 days and 40 stinking nights on a boat so we didn't have to eat things like gizzards.
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When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
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I think it's great anytime somebody can be in control of their own distribution.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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I like almonds as a snack - keeps your energy up but doesn't fill you up.
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My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.
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My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory.
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There are dedicated actors and there are people now who only stay famous for putting on weight, losing it, then putting it on again.
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We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a budget up here, and we don't have to pay any attention it to at all. We do what we want to do.
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight.
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Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.
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I have no control over the super PAC; all I do is write the check.
