Anthony Hopkins Quotes
The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor.
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For me, opposition is just another opposition.
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The First Nations Financial Transparency Act insulted the integrity of the very people in our communities who guide our economic policy and act as our mediators with provincial and federal governments.
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I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.
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In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.
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My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.
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Everybody has a role or part to play; if somebody fits the bill, that is what matters.
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Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
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The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon.
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The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
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A lot of my friends are in Australia, and it's definitely nice to get back there.
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When I fly in a helicopter, I insist there be two sets of controls, one for me in case something happens to the pilot. I'm no expert, but I know enough to at least get the thing on the ground. Nothing scares me like the thought of not being in control.
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In every living thing there is the desire for love.
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No, and in fact I get a bit frustrated, because I'm actually quite good at one-liners, and I've had hundreds of them over the years, and they sink without trace, and I get very frustrated. Every party conference I really work on the speeches, and I always have two or three things I'm quite proud of, and no one ever remembers them.
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When you do a menu at a restaurant, you have to be the engineer of that menu. It has to be a crowd-pleaser.
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I have always believed in helping people whose work I admire.
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So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air.
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Tell your daughters and their daughters that if they want to be a firewoman, they can be a firewoman. If they want to be an astronaut, they can be an astronaut. If they want to run their own business or run for president, they can do whatever they put their mind to.
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People think that because I have dark skin that I don't need to put on SPF! Wrong!
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I love to see the old heath's withered brakeMingle its crimpled leaves with furze and ling,While the old heron from the lonely lakeStarts slow and flaps its melancholy wing
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Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.
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My books fall in the wobbly middle between historical fiction and historical romance.
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As a starter, you need to mix in a couple more pitches, at least one more.
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The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor.
