Anthony Daniels
Anthony Daniels
Anthony Danielsis an English actor. He is best known for portraying the droid C-3PO in all of the movies in the Star Wars film series...
ProfessionVoice Actor
Date of Birth21 February 1946
CitySalisbury, England
reality tolerance world
Unilateral tolerance in a world of intolerance is like unilateral disarmament in a world of armed camps: it regards hope as a better basis for policy than reality.
disappointment reality indulge-in
Optimism is the parent of despair, while pessimism allows the mind to accustom itself to the inevitable disappointments of human existence by degrees, just as some drugs induce a state of tolerance. Pessimists, moreover, have the better sense of humour, for they have a livelier apprehension of pretension and absurdity. In a meritocracy, furthermore, those who fail must either indulge in elaborate mental contortions to disguise reality from themselves or sink into a deep melancholy.
struggle reality intellectual
The intellectual's struggle to deny the obvious is never more desperate than when reality is unpleasant and at variance with his preconceptions and when full acknowledgment of it would undermine the foundations of his intellectual worldview.
wanted
All I ever wanted to do was act.
tattoo men profound
The tattoo has a profound meaning: the superficiality of modern man's existence.
tradition ideology hard
It is hard to oppose an ideology with a tradition.
men moral dictator
Reason can never be the absolute dictator of man's mental or moral economy.
struggle mediocrity dull
Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.
thinking prowess obvious
We are like creatures so dazzled with our own technological prowess that we no longer think it necessary to consider the obvious.
emotional expression hysteria
The nearer emotional life approaches to hysteria, to continual outward show, the less genuine it becomes. Feeling becomes equated with vehemence of expression, so that insincerity becomes permanent.
mind
For intellectuals, everyone's mind is closed but their own.
memories past views
In Britain, journalists often view comparisons with our society going back two, three, or seven centuries as more relevant than comparisons going back two, three, or seven decades. Drunkenness centuries ago is more illuminating than comparative sobriety 30 years ago. The distant past, selectively mined for evidence that justifies our current conduct, becomes more important than living memory.
people age criticism
In a democratic age, only the behavior of the authorities is subject to public criticism; that of the people themselves, never.
real peers problem
The real and most pressing question raised by any social problem is: "How do I appear concerned and compassionate to all my friends, colleagues, and peers?