Mark Foster Quotes
I started out with piano when I was little. That, for songwriting, is my favorite instrument.
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At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was really British, but not the actual sounds I was making. Back in 2003, when I made 'Galang,' there were no clubs that had an 'anything and everything' attitude.
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I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
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I am musical and I enjoy theatre, but I never wanted to just do theatre. I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately.
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A museum should not just be a place for fancy paintings but should be a place where we can communicate our lives through our everyday objects.
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The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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I know that people in fashion and people in general hate to be filmed.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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I try to hire people I don't have to motivate. But I do motivate the people working with and for me.
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What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men. Drama and action with emotional ramifications. Frocks. Kissing. Swords. An intense impression of history in the world-building.
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Yeah, I don't necessarily like endings that contrive an artificial moment of completion.
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You can be vegetarian and eat fish. It's your choice, just say: 'I am what I am.' There are no hardcore divisions anymore.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation.
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We can't just pay attention to women who look fantastic in a photograph, because there are a lot of people that have fantastic things to say that don't look like 25-year-old white models.
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As a child, I studied violin. My sister, who's 10 years older, was the actress in the family. I was painfully shy.
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Good direction is often based on the ability to communicate.
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I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame.
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In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.
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With theatre, you can interpret the most complex play on stage for it have meaning to an audience because you're dealing in images, you're dealing in action, you can use different idioms to interpret and clarify something which is obscured in the reading and of course there are different kinds of play, there are mythological plays, there are what I call the dramatic sketches, direct political theatre which is virtually everybody, but I find that you can use the stage as a social vehicle, you know, which any kind of audience.
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I started out with piano when I was little. That, for songwriting, is my favorite instrument.
