Maria das Gracas Silva Foster Quotes
I have two children. I gave up a lot for my career, but I'm very happy for it. I've done what I've always thought was best for me and my family.
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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
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Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.
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I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
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I went to a lot of college camps when I was younger... You just admire those players because they're at a higher level than you at that time.
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I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
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If you're making comedies, they have to have a fun and a rhythm to them.
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My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.
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I've done a lot of plays before where I had to do a New York accent, but never a Philly one before. They do the rhotic 'r' - where you say the 'r' - where most New Yorkers don't.
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When my parents were dating, they were very poor, so my dad couldn't take my mom out. They would go to the grocery store and pick out funny looking vegetables. When I grew up, we'd still go and find the ones with personality.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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The best part of owning a blog is the fact that you are in control. You can write about anything you want to write about. You can decide how your blog looks. You can decide who to target. You can decide how to monetize the blog. You have full control!
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I love women.
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If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That's the kind of thing that I love to do.
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We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
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Quentin Tarantino is a genius. I want to do every single film with him.
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My wife knows that I thrive on independence, and whatever girls live with me must know that, too. They must realize I have a certain respect for my wife and love for my children, and my work comes pretty much ahead of all that.
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I have a good support system of friends and family.
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You will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal, there really is only one, and that is this: to fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human being. You want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family and the people around you. Theologian Howard Thurman said it best. He said, “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
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I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing.
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I have two children. I gave up a lot for my career, but I'm very happy for it. I've done what I've always thought was best for me and my family.
