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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Thou art unseen, but yet I hear thy shrill delight.
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I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.
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Imagine if you could go watch Mozart today, even if it's the last, crappiest show he ever played. What a thrill that would be.
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'Avatar' was gorgeous. There are good stories in there, but when used in other movies they're similar to those violent video games. Characters using deadly weapons. The children follow these movies.
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A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.
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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.
