Antony Johnston Quotes
I like high fantasy as much as the next guy, but I also like a bit of grit and grime with my faux-medieval trappings.
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It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not like?
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We who came here saw what was happening. This was far more than a war in a faraway place. This was a moral imperative, a terrible vision of the future.
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I haven't only been offered Hasidic roles.
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I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It's a mask, the smallest in the world, but it unveils you. You stand up there and do these exercises that free you, let you play, and see what comes out. What comes out is the truth.
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The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.
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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.
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There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to make a decision in a particular case as to which is more important.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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I have a pig valve.
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In Henry Adams, I discovered not only the prototype of the modern thinker but also someone who is more interesting: a viper-toothed, puling, supercilious crank, thwarted in ambition, aging gracelessly, mad at the cosmos, and ashamed of his own jejune ideals. He is nevertheless very dear to me.
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Maybe I'll write an episode of 'Black-ish' about a guy being fired in late-night.
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In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
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I do not diminish the incredible symbolic importance of a black man getting elected president. But my euphoria was a smart guy getting elected president. Maybe for the first time in my lifetime we had elected one of the thousand smartest Americans president.
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I'm always going with my visceral reaction when I read a script. I am more drawn to characters who are conflicted, and in developing a character exploration. If it's a baddie, I'm rarely intrigued, and if it's a goody two-shoes - too much of a good guy - I'm not, either.
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As far as the anxiety, I have no idea about it. I don't feel like I have any nervousness out there. I'm just a guy who really cares about being competitive and that's the bottom line.
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As a high wire walker, I do not allow myself to 'leave the wire' during a performance.
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
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I like high fantasy as much as the next guy, but I also like a bit of grit and grime with my faux-medieval trappings.
