Ian Mckellen Quotes
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You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family.
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My works look to how images are produced, but specially based upon how the material reacts.
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I get tired of comedies where there are a bunch of funny guys and a beautiful woman who doesn't do anything funny. And I don't like books where there's a rough-and-tumble boy and a really clever, snotty girl. That's just not my experience with teenagers.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it.
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Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?
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A lot of my songs are about taking whatever life throws at you and making the most of it.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
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You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
