Ben Foster Quotes
We live in this thought web; we identify things and put them away and distance ourselves from them. But to be completely present? That is source, that is art, that is spirituality. And meditation is a way to defy fear and experience that source.
Quotes to Explore
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General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
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The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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I just want to be a little more real. Maybe I'm a little bit darker than others.
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I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.
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The only thing that was on my mind was, 'I want to play for India one day,' and I was pretty sure and confident that one day I will.
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My first deepening of spirituality came when I was 6, when I was moved from my grandmother and sent to live with my mother - whom I really did not know - who had moved to Milwaukee. Something inside myself knew that I was never going to see my grandmother again - I would be wasting my time to live in that space of wanting that.
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
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As a child, I was prancing around in my mother's high heels and a ra-ra skirt, singing 'Material Girl' into my hairbrush.
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We live in this thought web; we identify things and put them away and distance ourselves from them. But to be completely present? That is source, that is art, that is spirituality. And meditation is a way to defy fear and experience that source.
