Platon Antoniou Quotes
Perhaps the most important people that I should photograph are the people who don't have a voice.
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'Sister Act' was my first audition out of school. I was 21 and cast as the understudy. It was non-Equity, so I lived in L.A. on $300 a week. I did that for a month and then came to New York to do a couple of gigs, including 'Hair' in the park, before going to London with 'Sister Act,' where I played the lead.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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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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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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Yes, iD is a machine vision and sensor browser for the physical world. That's what we have been working on with Coca-Cola, Verizon, Bank of America and Disney to launch content when an image is recognised.
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Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
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One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.
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Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
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We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
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You get a reputation for stability if you are stable for years.
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I want a lot of young people to see me in my working environment. I want them to see me being a good person while also running a business. I want young people to aspire to that.
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We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.
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I barely speak English.
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It's very hard to understand when you're not out there but voting somebody off on Survivor almost feels like you're killing them.
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Perhaps the most important people that I should photograph are the people who don't have a voice.
