Marc Forster Quotes
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We know that if you just were to take the drugs that you were supposed to take for diabetes or hypertension, just take it, as opposed to not take it, we could save $7,000, $3,000 per patient per year.
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around.
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I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.
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Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed.
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All the world has been converted and Washington is the modem Mecca.
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You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.
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I spill it out as fast as I can. I don't really edit. In Brazil, recently, I wrote 70 pages. In London, 80 pages.
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I've always loved the power of stories to transport me to another world, to imagine extraordinary possibilities, to experience things I may not have access to in my regular life - like being a superhero! Also, I would always put on shows for my family and the neighbors; I guess I was an actor before I even knew it.
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What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed.
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It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.
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We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.
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It's hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don't always know who to call. So I am very close to my family.
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By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater.
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Look at kids playing with blocks. I think it's in everyone's DNA to want to be a builder.
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For me, love is the most important force. It moves the universe.
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Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
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I am not sure how much good is done by moralising about fairy tales. This can be unsubtle - telling children that virtue will be rewarded, when in fact it is mostly simply the fact of being the central character that ensures a favourable outcome. Fairy tales are not, on the whole, parables.
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If we're stuck with having expectations, there's a very good reason to embrace positive ones: It's that we often create what we anticipate.
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The world is a progressively realized community of interpretation.
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There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I try and 'go bush' to places where there's no cell reception. But, I don't get to do that often, so for the most part, it's just a state of mind.
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Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.
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You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.
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What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me.
