Foster Friess Quotes
You might not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your response to your circumstances.
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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The happiest I have ever been is in the life that I led with my wife and kids.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.
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New Yorkers - the people are so honest. If you're sucking on stage, they'll let you know.
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According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the next three months.
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If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
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I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
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I don't prepare for anything very well. I am not a good actor. I don't read scripts.
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The idea of being at home and picking up kids from school and cooking dinner and then the husband comes home - there's something that seems really nice to me 'cause I never had that growing up. And it seems so enticing. But in my mind, I'm like, 'Well, I'll just play that in a movie and go about my own life, bizarre as it is.'
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.
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I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.
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The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.
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I'm terrified of lasagna. I think it was to eat ME!
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My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.
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I go out partying to figure out exactly who I'm making music for. You can't just guess.
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I think where people get into trouble is hiding and feeling ashamed about what they don't have any control over in the first place.
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You might not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your response to your circumstances.
