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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He gets sex, she gets sex; if that is considered unequal, no wonder men are afraid of commitment.
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I don't like narrowing my readers down - there's not a particular age or gender or nationality. I suppose I'm aiming at the child I was.
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For myself, I think that those who cultivate wisdom and believe themselves able to instruct their fellow-citizens as to their interests are least likely to become partisans of violence. They are too well aware that to violence attach enmities and dangers, whereas results as good may be obtained by persuasion safely and amicably.
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I've always wondered what it would be like if the Messiah, or Christ Returned, were actually alive and living in our society; who would that person be, how we would identify them, how would they live and what would they believe in, how would society react to them? I decided to try and tell my idea of that story.
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Listen to your beliefs, think about how you learned them, and realize that they are not genetic, nor are they the "only way." You are free to acquire new perspectives, to absorb new ideas, and to question everything you were taught to believe. As your mind opens to exploration and change, you'll feel a new lightness and more joy.
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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.
