Mark Foster Quotes

'Pumped Up Kicks' is written from the perspective like Truman Capote wrote 'In Cold Blood' or Dostoevsky wrote 'Crime & Punishment.' It's psychologically breaking down someone's state of mind and diving in and walking in their shoes.

Mark Foster

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One of the things I have noticed about my novels is that they all concern people who can't quite bring themselves to tell the truth about their own lives... I've come to realise that this interest in damaged, untellable stories comes from my parents.

John Lanchester

TruthParentsPeopleTellOwnBring

My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me.

Meredith Brooks

ParentsMeArtistAlwaysSaw

I have been to Switzerland a handful of times, and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite places to climb.

Tommy Caldwell

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It's amazing what we can get away with and what we can't. But it's not for me to decide.

Mike Judge

AmazingMeDecideAwayGet

It's a good rule of thumb, it seems to me: if you're not allowed to see where something comes from, don't put it in your mouth.

Jonathan Safran Foer

GoodMeYouMouthSeeSomething

Universities think people come up with great ideas by closing the door. The academic tenure process, where you have to publish to journals which are very narrow, stands in the way of great research.

Clayton M. Christensen

GreatPeopleIdeasDoorResearch

I would love to stay at one position.

Asdrubal Cabrera

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If I get hit by a bus tomorrow, my patients will not even be postponed. Another surgeon would step in and take over. The reason to do research and writing is that it at least makes me feel not entirely replaceable. If I didn't write, I don't know if I would do surgery.

Atul Gawande

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Our foremost priority is the removal of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, disease and illiteracy. All social welfare programmes must be implemented efficiently. Agencies involved in the delivery of services should have a strong sense of duty and work in a transparent, corruption-free, time-bound and accountable manner.

Pratibha Patil

WorkStrongPovertyDutyHunger

I wish we were smart enough that, every time we had an idea for a script, that it was great right off the bat.

Phil Lord

GreatTimeSmartWishEnoughRight

My dad was a great business guy, and he always taught us that his business acumen would put his workers' kids through school, and their great artistry... would put my brothers and me through school.

Tim Kaine

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There's a paradox with self-improvement, and it is this: the ultimate goal of all self-improvement is to reach the point where you no longer feel the need to improve yourself.

Mark Manson

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