Ben Foster Quotes
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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If people ask me, 'What do you think could improve in Toronto dining,' I'd say there's nothing to improve on.
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I love to look at physically beautiful people, and obviously others do, too. But there's such a narrow definition of what that is; the people who are my friends in life, the more I get to know them over the years, the more beautiful they are to me.
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Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about.
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I'm very proud of 'Gavin and Stacey,' but I think I have to write something else even to start to consider myself a writer. Just because you do something once, it doesn't mean that's who you are. I played football last night; it doesn't mean I'm a footballer.
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I went to America to convert the Indians, but, oh, who shall convert me? Who, what, is he that will deliver me from this evil heart of unbelief?
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My job is all about defending the people that I play.
