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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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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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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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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When I hung up my toe shoes, I didn't look back. In all my years, I have never looked back.
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The path of America's development is never a straight line. Sometimes we move in ways that are forwards; sometime that seem back.
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I see the beauty of people and the human soul in the pictures I take. And though the circumstances of some of the people I portray may be grim, back-breaking, depraved, the people themselves are always remarkable characters and souls
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When you win the toss - bat. If you are in doubt, think about it, then bat. If you have very big doubts, consult a colleague then bat.
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Non è la via di dominar, se vuoiPor l'arme in mano a chi può più di noi.
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I prefer to think of myself as able to represent all walks of life.
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Perhaps the most important people that I should photograph are the people who don't have a voice.
