Anthony Hopkins Quotes

My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.

Anthony Hopkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: welsh
  • Birth: December 31, 1937

Topics

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People are always afraid of the unknown - and banding together against the Thing That Is Different From Us is a time-honoured tradition for rallying the masses.

Jodi Picoult

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Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was a child.

Jessica Hagedorn

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In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of the people and that gave no victory to either side.

John Hume

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The debts are unaffordable. If they won't cancel the debts I would suggest obstruction; you do it yourselves.

Jeffrey Sachs

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If a tech journalist needs financial security before doing what their conscience dictates, I'm not sure they should be calling themselves journalists at all.

Michael Arrington

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I always wanted to direct. I always saw myself as a director. I know that I've definitely found what I should be doing with my life. In my life, as far as my career goes, I always felt, as an actor, that it was something that would just be a temporary thing that would get me to what I wanted to do next. That's what my acting did.

Steve Antin

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I was always just kind of obsessed with guitar, even before I started playing.

St. Vincent

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I had had a classical education prior to that.

Skitch Henderson

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The advantage of the free market system is that people invest their capital, they create jobs by investing their capital, and hopefully they get a return on that investment. I don't think there's anything wrong with good old American capitalism.

Steve Stivers

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The church also does not condone a broken immigration system in the U.S., one that too easily can lead to the exploitation, abuse and even death of immigrants.

Roger Mahony

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When I gave a direction to an actor in the show, I know their whole journey better than a guest director could know it.

Miriam Shor

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As a form of escapism, yearning for the 20th century is understandable, but in practice it would be horrible - sort of like going on a holiday promising yourself you could go without the Internet, only to crumble and walk in a daze to the local Internet cafe to gorge on connectivity.

Douglas Coupland

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