Antonia Thomas Quotes
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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This is kind of weird, but I eat lemons with salt as snack. They're so good!
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I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.
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'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.
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The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.
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Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
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Every woman looks good in a flamenco dress.
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I actually run a non-profit where one of the main objectives is to branch out and get a new audience for the theater. Just because the writing is so good and nothing is more effective than seeing something live and happening right in front of your face, so I definitely want to continue to pursue that.
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I've been hit in the head a lot, but I don't think I have any problems, but I can't, for the life of me, remember a lot of my road stories and good times. When times are bad enough, that's all you can ever think about.
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A performance art piece is unprecedented. It is difficult to censor since it has a good possibility of never being done before.
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When we were doing 'The West Wing,' the hardest thing about doing 'The West Wing' was being compared to yourself. You go out there and want every episode to be as good as your best episode. I wrote 88 episodes of 'The West Wing,' and when you do that, one of them is going to be your 88th best, so your 88th best better be pretty good.
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I was a very, very good congressman.
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So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?
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Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
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It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.
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Whenever some kind of mass shooting or any other kind of violent activity takes place, we kind of hold our breath until we are sure that no Muslim was involved, because we know that these incidents will be treated differently if a Muslim is involved versus if somebody of another background is involved.
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Note the three most important Cabinet positions. Rice said that it was better to find the weapons of mass destruction than to see a mushroom cloud.
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Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.
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It's actually meditative to sit in a character for an extended period of time, realizing what your relationship is to who you're playing and then letting go, just being there.
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A good cup of Earl Grey tea - you can't beat it.
