Platon Antoniou Quotes
People are at their best when they can be natural. And that's the hardest thing as a photographer.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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Interviews make me so nervous - I can't get a sentence out of my mouth.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.
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From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
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If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost.
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It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it?
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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Anyone should be able to read comics.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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Europe can be saved.
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I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.
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I've always admired people like Donal McCann. He wasn't a household name, but if he put his name to something, you were guaranteed a good yarn at the very least.
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I think that there's a sense that procedurals, because they have more of a formula to the storytelling, it doesn't necessarily rate as high as some of the high-concept, big-idea, big-swing things that get the critics really excited.
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You must never underestimate the power of your righteous influence.
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I come from Holland, and there's a lot of nudity in film there.
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My mum's a bouncy, energetic, driven, crazy woman, and my dad's very relaxed, doesn't say much. I have the best of both worlds in my personality.
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People are at their best when they can be natural. And that's the hardest thing as a photographer.
