Ben Foster Quotes
I'm learning not to hold on so tightly to my solitude. It's not an economical way to work. A driver would call it 'white-knuckling.' If you're holding on to the wheel so tightly, it's gonna lock up your driving. Releasing myself from trying to control everything has been part of growing up.
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It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
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The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
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I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.
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As wild as I was, when the cops show up, and suddenly you're being handcuffed, it's so deeply shocking and terrifying, the loss of freedom.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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Whenever I see a tree that is climbable, it must be climbed. Sometimes when I'm on a run, I'll just run up a tree, jump on a branch and swing off. My favorite tree, in Saratoga, gets me a good 75 feet up.
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I'm planning to be here forever, but I know at some point I'll probably have to give it up. If you live to 100, there's a very good chance you'll live forever. Because very few people die after 100.
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I'm gonna live my life the correct way, and I'm gonna be a champion the kids look up to and hopefully aspire to be like.
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I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but definitely do a new play.
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Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.
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Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.
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I want to work with the best coaches in the world.
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Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.
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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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The best advice I got as a writer was also the first advice, which came from the late fantasy author and editor Karl Edward Wagner: Any agent who charges to look at your work is a crook.
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I don't want to put myself in any kind of a box as far as my sound goes, because being an artist is fluid. If you look at a painter's work, a lot of times, it's similar in style, but other times - over even a year's period - it can change so much. I'm just going with the flow.
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When you're surrounded by a world of constant lies, manipulation, and deceit, that dark energy is bound to seep into you eventually.
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I have an enormous personal ambition. I want to shift the entire planet.
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Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran.
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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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I'm learning not to hold on so tightly to my solitude. It's not an economical way to work. A driver would call it 'white-knuckling.' If you're holding on to the wheel so tightly, it's gonna lock up your driving. Releasing myself from trying to control everything has been part of growing up.
