Ian Mckellen Quotes
I used to comfort myself when I became an actor that it was a useful job, entertaining people. And it was important to do it as well as you possibly can.
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I feel like most creative people are total freaks.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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I come from an immigrant culture. I'm only a couple of generations away from having been a servant girl myself.
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I read comics and I did science, and never really put them together until I accidentally found myself in the middle of one.
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I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.
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People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing.
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Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.
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Obviously, exercise is an important part of my life, and I think taking care of yourself is an important part of every individual's health care.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.
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Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.
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The truth is everybody does it from time to time. People dial telephone numbers and they get a wrong number only to find that they've read the last two digits backwards. Everybody does it, but dyslexics have this tendency to a higher degree.
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I was always very focused on how people dressed.
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Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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Republican values - strong families, faith, personal responsibility and freedom, among others - are not unique to specific subsets of the electorate. They are universal values, and it is Republicans' job to remind Americans of that fact.
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I don't think people know how much time and effort truly goes into the game and goes into simply just scoring a touchdown. So when you get that opportunity, you should be able to be free and be relaxed from all the pressure that went into scoring that touchdown and have fun.
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We often assume that if we are good people we will not suffer the ills of the world.
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I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.
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The trouble with dead people often begins with something called the Death Master File, which is kept by the Social Security Administration. Every day, new reports are added, provided by relatives, funeral homes, and the state agencies that issue official death certificates. The list contains 90 million reports.
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I used to comfort myself when I became an actor that it was a useful job, entertaining people. And it was important to do it as well as you possibly can.
