Ian Mckellen Quotes
I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
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The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.
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My thoughts fly to the old Icelandic storytellers who created our classics, whose personalities were so bound up with the masses that their names, unlike their lives' work, have not been preserved for posterity.
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My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.
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There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.
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Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
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I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
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But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
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Levi's can produce many more Western jeans than we can and make them at a better price.
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But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.
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I spend a lot of time talking to women interested in office about how they can make it work.
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If you are playing someone living, it is a different type of judgment. However much work you do, it is not a documentary. There will be things you can't get right, and ultimately, you have to take a leap because - you weren't there.
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However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.
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I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me.
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I have to say goodbye to things in order to take on bigger things that I've always wanted to do.
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I've always loved Def Leppard, ever since I was little.
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Let's hope you feel better now.
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What matters to me is my own estimation, and I'm very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what I've done and I work hard for it. I had a very Christian upbringing... lots of guilt. A good thing, It keeps you sane.
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They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.
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There are a lot of hardcore 'Napoleon' fans, and they do the research and find photos of what I look like when I'm not 'Kip-ified.' Those fans recognize me. It happens maybe once a week, where someone will come up to me and be, like, 'Dude, you're Kip.' And I'm, like, 'Yeah, my name's Aaron.'
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If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seven, then he becomes the first man on Mars. We'd both be unique.
Mark Spitz -
You don't just win an Oscar because you're a great actor. You campaign for that Oscar: you engage with it; you go on the David Letterman show, and you do the interviews, and that's how you get out there.
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I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
