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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Some people think the world will end in 2012. I think we've got until 2014. I'm an optimist.
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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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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
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Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
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Here's how it goes: I'm up at the stroke of 10 or 10:30. I have breakfast and read the papers, and then it's lunchtime. Then maybe a little nap after lunch and out to the gym, and before I know it, it's time to have a drink.
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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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L.A. is great, but it's a completely different beast. I go back to Minnesota, and I borrow a bike from my neighbor and go around Lake Harriet saying 'Hi' to people. Some of that is missing in L.A.
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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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The Leicester story is great for the game in England. It's great for the appreciation of the Premier League.
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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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To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation.
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Great people are not people who have never fallen down. Greatness has to do with how you get back up.
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The law is a great thing,--because men are poor and weak, and bad. And it is great, because where it exists in its strength, no tyrant can be above it. But between you and me there should be no mention of law as the guide of conduct. Speak to me of honour, and of duty, and of nobility; and tell me what they require of you.
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There are cases when it takes 50 or 100 years for fundamental science to achieve results.
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It is the small things in life which count; it is the inconsequential leak which empties the biggest reservoir.
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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.
