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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We always go into a game to win.
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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've always wanted to be able to hold my breath for like, ever, and swim in the water like a fish.
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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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All my work is much more peaceful than I am.
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I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.
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Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.
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I love leather jackets, and I am obsessed with it. I carry leather jackets fairly well.
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We need a new health care architecture that will reduce costs, improve outcomes, and protect vulnerable persons.
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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.
