Tom Conti (Thomas Antonio Conti) Quotes
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.
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We are all totally committed as elite athletes. To think that pushing people around and bullying them is the best way to get results out of them is just ludicrous.
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I am proud of my kids and happy to brag about their achievements. Their success has been an immense source of happiness for me.
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I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take the existing score of a successful movie and expect composers to copy it, like wallpaper. The biggest challenge for any composer in Hollywood is to be as creative as possible within those boundaries.
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I train to be the champion.
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California is a bellwether state. California was the first state in the United States to overturn the laws against interracial marriage. It took 19 years for the rest of the country to come around to that point of view.
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To be honest, you don't get the full picture when you read a script.
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No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.
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I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I love.
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My father is my inspiration.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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I don't know if people would be surprised by this or not, but I'm kind of into nutrition and weight lifting. I know I'm kind of a slender man, but the human physique fascinates me, and learning about metabolism.
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Joan of Arc was born 600 years ago. Six centuries is a long time to continue to mark the birth of a girl who, according to her family and friends, knew little more than spinning and watching over her father's flocks.
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The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.
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The argument for getting our own house in order is not an argument for turning our back on the world. We cannot and should not do that.
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Patience serves us against insults precisely as clothes do against the cold. For if you multiply your garments as the cold increases, that cold cannot hurt you; in the same way increase your patience under great offences, and they cannot hurt your feelings.
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Books should be right up there with exercise and diet as something that don't just entertain us but heal us. They tell us we are not alone and fix the pieces of us that can be shattered by reality. They are teachers, and they are friends, and we should never contemplate a world - or a life - without them.
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Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.
