Tom Freston Quotes

Sometimes I just like the feeling of being a minority and seeing how far you can push yourself in extreme circumstances.

Tom Freston

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YourselfPushYouSeeingSometimes

When we were bringing 'Raisin' onto Broadway, our first stop was at Arena in D.C. Several things struck me about being in D.C.: One was the enormous poverty around the capital at that time - it was 1973, '74 - and I was stunned by people literally living in poverty, with holes in their houses and other things.

Joe Morton

TimePeopleMePovertyStopLiving

I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America.

Jim Capaldi

MeStrongAmericaFirstGuyJust

Everybody needs to find their own path and the best way for themselves to connect to this world.

Joanna Krupa

PathBestWorldFindWayOwn

I know so many amazing actors who don't get work... and then there are a bunch of real duds that work all the time. The industry is just not fair in that way.

Jenna Fischer

WorkTimeAmazingKnowWayFair

As the founder and former chief executive of two publicly traded companies, I have had a great deal of exposure to how debt markets work.

John Delaney

WorkGreatDebtTwoFounderChief

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.

John Irving

WritingLookingWriteSearchingKeep

When I love a novel I've read, I want to reread it - in part, to see how it was constructed.

John Irving

LoveWantSeeReadHowNovel

I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice to rise to the occasion, to be kind and considerate, and have self control.

Amy Grant

GoodBe KindBestCultureControl

After about a year or so, I was in L.A.; I'd decided to try to get a band together out there.

Stephen Stills

TogetherYearTryBandOutGet

I'm not that bothered about press nights as an actor or, particularly, by what people say about me, because I see myself as a reasonably small cog.

Rory Kinnear

MyselfPeopleMeSmallSayActor

God blesses us all with different views and perspectives and levels of influence and power.

LL Cool J

GodPowerInfluenceUsDifferent

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

Jawaharlal Nehru

LifeFearBadDangerousNothing

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