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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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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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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More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.
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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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Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
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Whenever I've had a wig fall off, I've just played it off like I meant it to happen. Just keep a good sense of humor about it.
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It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
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The IRA have nowhere to go. I've stripped away all their excuses, one by one.
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We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
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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.
