Barrett Foa Quotes
Basically, my goal in life is to be David Hyde Pierce - go to Hollywood, make some money, come back and just win some Tony Awards.
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
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When I talk to youngsters today, especially those involved in athletics, I tell them to get their education first.
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A lot of journalists are talented enough to write a mystery novel, and I would say that most of the top-end mystery writers actually started out as reporters. But there is more to it than just the writing; there's a learning process, and most journalists aren't willing to do it.
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If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the way you live - then I think you change the very instrument that is trying to make the art.
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I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.
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Being famous is like a dream come true but it's really difficult because you lose your freedom. I don't want to lose being a kid.
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Basically, my goal in life is to be David Hyde Pierce - go to Hollywood, make some money, come back and just win some Tony Awards.
