David Antin Quotes
The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him.
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Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
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Musical theater is an American genre. It started really, in America, as a combination of jazz and operetta; most of the great musical theater writers in the golden era are American. I think that to do a musical is a very American thing to me.
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It's no use crying over spilt summits.
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I don't really prepare for each role the same way.
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My father always said, 'I don't care if you're a ditch digger, as long as you're the best ditch digger in the world.'
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I'm into song-writing; I'm into melodies that break your heart a little bit. That's the thing that got me into music; that's what I look for in music for the most part.
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Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.
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But then the Nazis arrested Uncle Richard and Aunt Roszi too. They spent six weeks in prison. To get out, they gave the Nazis everything they possessed: real estate, bank accounts, bonds, dishes, silver. Then they left immediately, heading east. Russia swallowed them. My mother waited and prayed for word of them, but none came.
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The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.
