Anthony Geary Quotes
I was a terrific liar as a child, and I believe my lies. So it's a natural step into acting.
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When you grow up in a place, you always think it's mundane. Then you travel around and live in different places, and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford.
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I thought art was dead rabbits hanging by their feet on a wall. I went to Italy and saw all the religious paintings, and they didn't move me all that much. Then someone invited me to see this van Gogh exhibit at the Rosenberg Gallery in San Francisco.
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I was in Congress for six months, and they put me on blood pressure medication. I flew helicopters in combat and I was fine, and I survived 13 months in recovery in the hospital... I got to Congress, and six months later I'm on blood pressure medication. Fourteen months later, they doubled the dosage!
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I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.
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My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music.
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D.C.'s a tough place to get love unless you're from D.C. It's like everybody hates you here. The only black person that everyone can agree on is Obama.
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God is only a great imaginative experience.
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I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.
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I wasn't very ambitious as a child. I'm still not.
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A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure of power lies not in the number who obey your will, but in the number who suffer your stupidity.
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The potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
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I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.
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Silence is complicity. I believe that.
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When a person you love moves by you with flat eyes that will not see you, it is a shock to believe it.
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I was a terrific liar as a child, and I believe my lies. So it's a natural step into acting.
