Ian Mckellen Quotes
When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexuality. I'd been warned that he might giggle if I mentioned homosexuality.Ian Mckellen
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If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.
Pat Mastelotto Mr. Mister -
Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.
Manoj Bhargava -
I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.
Carl Lewis -
There will always be spies. We have to have them. Without them we wouldn't have got Osama bin Laden - it took us years, but it happened.
Gary Oldman -
Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
Manolo Blahnik -
I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
Babette March
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One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But in a drama they'll really cry. That bugs me.
Sam Rockwell -
Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
Sam Graves -
If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.
Fareed Zakaria -
My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I've had great times in the Far East, Russia, South America and Sweden - where I met my wife of 55 years, Maj.
Larry Hagman -
To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.
Sally Schneider -
I built Kosovo for 10 years.
Ibrahim Rugova
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In my beginning is my end.
T. S. Eliot -
My instinct is to be very controlling.
Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet -
I think there's space in the market for a half-dozen kind of polling analysts.
Nate Silver -
The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.
Edmund Hillary -
I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side.
Bat for Lashes -
Winston Churchill would be great to have around the table.
Ian Botham
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It's what every writer needs: a daybed.
Vince Flynn -
Life is God's novel. Let him write it.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned.
George Sutherland -
I didn't think of myself as writing 'cli-fi,' but I'll take the label. I'll take any label that makes someone think they might be interested in my stories.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexuality. I'd been warned that he might giggle if I mentioned homosexuality.
Ian Mckellen