Antony Gormley Quotes
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I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.
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I've always respected and appreciated Punk, but we never really hung out. We came from the same route, but we didn't necessarily hang out in the same circles. I've always had a great appreciation and respect for his hard work.
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It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
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I like trying different foods. I've done vegetarian stuff, and I've gone through meat phases, and then I do no bread, and then I eat bread. I'm really all over the place in the way a lot of actors are.
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A mate of mine told me recently, 'It's the first time I've seen you work, Worthington.' I thought that was quite funny, but he was right.
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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
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However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
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I feel like I've made good friends with people I've worked with, but in terms of lasting inspiration, it is probably Matthew Vaughn who directed 'Kingsman' who's been really supportive, loyal to me, and been a really good person to work with.
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I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.
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A lot of people put pressure on me, but I don't think I feel that type of pressure. It is more of a good thing that people are trying to do that.
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Seems like we were always running away from President Obama or trying to undo what he's done.
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The truth is, I've been going pretty much nuts all year. I constantly have to fight being scattered. I feel like I'm on automatic pilot from fatigue. The hardest thing is trying to be present, living for the moment, for everybody in the family.
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Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
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I motivate what I see in young people because we employ about forty thousand young people in our various Chick-fil-A units. Some of them come to work because they need to work; others just work because they just like to work. There's nothing wrong with that.
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When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.
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If I'm going to wind up playing left, I want to be the best left fielder in the game. I'll work to be that.
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There are actors I have very strong chemical responses to, and I strive always to figure out ways to work with them and get them to sing my stuff.
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There be delights that will fetch the day about from sun to sun and rock the tedious year as in a delightful dream ... For a garden is Arcady brought home. It is man's bit of gaudy make-believe - his well-disguised fiction of an unvexed Paradise ... a world where gayety knows no eclipse and winter and rough weather are held at bay.
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I wear white or pale-blue shirts and black knit ties: They don't draw attention to me in any kind of peacockish way.
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I did 30 Minute Meals for five years on local television, and I earned nothing the first two years. Then I earned $50 a segment. I spent more than that on gas and groceries, but I really enjoyed making the show and I loved going to a viewer's house each week. I knew I enjoyed it, so I stuck with it even though it cost me.
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Her grief was so big and wild it terrified her, like an evil beast that had erupted from under the floorboards.
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I'm trying to make work that is reflective and is encouraging of reflection.
