Ian Mckellen Quotes
In the theatre, the actor is in total control. The director wasn't in the house last night, the designer wasn't there, the author's dead. It's just us and the audience.
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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Often it seems that there are writers who are their best selves on the page. That Seamus Heaney was as genuine and deeply admirable in person as in his poems was to me a gift, then as now.
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I was never one to sit down and write a plan for my future.
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Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
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It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
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I'm a man without a corporation.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.
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As we've learned in 1941, national emergencies can create strange bedfellows.
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It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
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I feel like I've forcefully been thrust into the tech world, and I've enjoyed every minute of it.
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Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.
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Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.
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You American people worry too much about the China economy. Every time you think China is a problem, we get better, but when you have a high expectation for China, China is always a problem.
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The thing I like about astronomy is being outside at night and seeing the stars in a dark sky. It makes you feel small.
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There's only certain things you can control. I know how hard I work, I know how I take care of myself, and those are the two things I can control. As far as injuries and wear and tear and stuff like that, it's going to happen.
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There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.
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You have to be smarter and a wiser businessperson and consumer. You have to learn to protect yourself through education.
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My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe.
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In the theatre, the actor is in total control. The director wasn't in the house last night, the designer wasn't there, the author's dead. It's just us and the audience.
