Ian Mckellen Quotes
Will I miss Gandalf? Well, I don't miss him, because people are constantly coming up to me mentioning him and talking about him, so I don't feel that I've lost contact.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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When I pull into a city and I rent a car and it's Nashville, or it's London, or I'm driving in the taxi to the hotel, and on comes one of my songs, it's like, 'Oh my God, they're still playing these songs on the radio.' And you still feel tearful and very grateful that somebody still likes these songs that you made up.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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'Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case,' 'The Secret of the Old Clock,' 'Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret,' 'Flowers in the Attic,' 'Gone With the Wind' - these are the books that defined my childhood. They thrilled me. They made me feel like I wasn't alone in the world.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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At some particular time, when I was 14 years old, I've done something that people didn't expect.
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
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I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica. My government will be open to all Costa Ricans of good faith.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
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I am aware that I look good for my age. It's my genes. My dad looked incredibly young, so did my mother. And a younger husband helps. Scott is only 45. If he hadn't come along, I don't know what I'd have done.
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The metaphysics of substance. The strange feeling which comes over us when we sense: this is skin – this is bone – all in a single vision that is completely unearthly. The dreaminess of our existence mixed at the same time with the indescribably sweet illusion of reality.
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When you give your all as an artist, and all people can talk about is what pants you're wearing, it's really frustrating.
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I would love to be able to read minds. How cool would it be to get inside peoples' heads and figure out what they're thinking? I guess that's a good and a bad thing.
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We don't have a lot more time to deal with climate change, ... We need the right balance between regulation and market-based approaches.
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We've explored very little of the ocean. We really don't know what's out there. But people think we've figured it all out.
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Will I miss Gandalf? Well, I don't miss him, because people are constantly coming up to me mentioning him and talking about him, so I don't feel that I've lost contact.
