Anthony McCarten Quotes
If we did not have the impulse and ability to believe in the impossible, we would not have religion, democracy, or marriage.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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Mr. Balanchine wanted me to be myself. He didn't want me to look like anyone else. I love teaching our company dancers the Balanchine ballets. I try to give them what was passed down to me and what I learned from him. They dance it so beautifully. It also keeps me close to Mr. Balanchine. He's with me every single day.
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I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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I never trusted good-looking boys.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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I can not stay at the place when a stranger starts talking to me. I will try to cut the speech as quick as possible and move away. I had to break this inhibition before becoming an actor.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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I will run against anybody.
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There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.
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My main thing is music; it's what I do.
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I think of myself as a character actor, compared to a straight actor. I know a character actor in England is pretty much the same as in the States; you're actually hired to put on terrible teeth and stuff like that.
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The Cardiff Half Marathon has already proved itself to be one of the biggest and best road races in the U.K., and when the best athletes in the world run on the same course, the times should be spectacular. But the real beauty of this event is that ordinary runners get the chance to line up on the same start line as the best athletes in the world.
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I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.
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What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances...
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If we did not have the impulse and ability to believe in the impossible, we would not have religion, democracy, or marriage.
