Antony Gormley Quotes
The making of a whole person and the creation of true individuals can only happen by singing and dancing and making art.
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I haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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I've always wanted to do a period piece.
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I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs - I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike.
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Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.
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I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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The problem with independent films is that they can be hit or miss. I've seen scripts that have blown me away. But there have to be all the right ingredients in place to make them work: the director, cast, publicity, distribution.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and terrorists are bad people. The ideals of these groups are in opposition to everything our nation stands for and everything that holds true to our founding principles. Their hatred of people dissimilar to them is un-American, and it should not be tolerated under any circumstances.
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We must not only learn to tolerate our differences. We must welcome them as the richness and diversity which can lead to true intelligence.
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Living is an art, not a science.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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The making of a whole person and the creation of true individuals can only happen by singing and dancing and making art.
