Ian Mckellen Quotes
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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The entire value of a person is subjective to your relationship with them.
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I think when you suffer a tremendous loss, everybody needs love and support in tangible ways. And that's what people have done for us.
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I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.
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Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
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Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.
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I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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Thoroughly read all your contracts. I really mean thoroughly.
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I can see why there's a misconception that it's easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn't work out at all. In fact, it's the reverse.
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The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say 'recognize' because you're not... it's not new.
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The difference between our family and other poor families was that my mother actively chose to be poor. She was highly literate, and she had a college degree, but after my father left, she took the first secretarial job she could find and never looked for other employment again.
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A seeker of truth will never begin by discounting his opponent's statement as unworthy of trust.
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Gandalf is ever-present in my life. I like it.
