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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Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
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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 was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people.
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My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers.
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In terms of social media, I try to have my voice heard loudly in the cacophony of other influences whether from television and the Internet or social media... I want my voice to be heard in terms of the standards and values that I try to pass on to my kids.
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Hopefully, my administration will be known as a healing and unifying administration.
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I'm really super feminine, and I'm really soft. I'm very sensitive, I realized.
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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.
