Anthony Hopkins Quotes
My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.
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I'm not interested in closure. Some people just have heart attacks and die, right? There's no closure.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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I know the Russian political elite has got used to the Ukraine suffering from an inferiority complex, but I want this to disappear from our relationship.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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It's come to the point where you have people saying it's our Christian duty to embrace the homosexual movement. This is absurd.
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Bullfights have so much color. Not just the matador but also the bull, the arena, and the public. It's all very festive.
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
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I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
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I wouldn't say I'm against same-sex marriage. I believe in freedom and equality for all people. I believe that when it comes to gay marriage, that's a political and legal issue that has to be dealt with in that arena. I have privately held beliefs, but when it comes to that, it's properly placed in the political and legal arena.
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In being aware of others' hunger, we contribute to a more empathic world.
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Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people.
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I'm basically always writing. Why wouldn't I? I love it.
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My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.
