Antony Gormley Quotes
Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently.
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Fear is... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.
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The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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If Trump's talking to Putin can help end the bloodshed in Ukraine or Syria, it would appear to be at least as ethical an act as pulpiteering about our moral superiority on the Sunday talk shows.
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A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.
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It was a joy to be a part of the team that created Round The Horne. I was involved with the show at a time of my life when I was very happy., and that happiness overflowed into the scripts.
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The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.
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The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.
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Through conscious beings the universe has generated self-awareness. This can be no trivial detail, no minor byproduct of mindless, purposeless forces. We are truly meant to be here.
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I think there are a lot of writers that can get away with not being gifted with words.
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Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.
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To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several hours of makeup, because as an actor, I enjoy performing. It's about the creation of the character and the art to me, not about being comfortable and how long it all takes.
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Our job if I can see straight and hear clearly and understand ~ is to make advertising and run advertising that is seen and read and heard ~ and remembered ~ for its reasonable and compelling truth.
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Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.
