Stephen Collins Foster

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    All the world is sad and dreary, Everywhere I roam.
    Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    Oh! Susanna, do not cry for me;
    I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    Sadly I roam,
    Still longing for de old plantation,
    And for de old folks at home.
    Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1884)

    The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home;
    ‘Tis summer, the darkeys are gay;
    The corn-top’s ripe, and the meadow’s in the bloom,
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1884)

    I don’t know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I’ve never been bored a day in my life.
    —Jodie Foster (b. 1962)