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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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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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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If you pay your credit card off every month, get a rewards card. One that gives you airline miles or that will give you 1 percent cash back at least on every purchase.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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I am much more understanding of people than I used to be when I was young - people were either villainous or wonderful. They were painted in very bright colours. The bad side of it - and there is a corollary to everything - is that when we get older, we fuss more. I used to despise people who fussed.
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Only facing right-handers and not left-handers is hard for me.
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Ask Elizabeth is a community of voices, it's not me standing on a podium telling people how to run their lives, it's girls helping each other sharing their wisdom and advice and I create a space for them to do it.
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I want my grandchildren to be proud of me. That's the main thing.
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Of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people.
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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.
