Ian Mckellen Quotes
What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
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Ask your agent to set up a meeting with either your editor or the marketing department of the house or both so you can find out what they're doing, what they aren't, and what you can do to help.
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My father was a lawyer.
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When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
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They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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I dress for men.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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Flexibility is crucial to my fitness. Incorporating a good warm-up and cool-down into every session decreases my chances of injury. I use both dynamic and static stretching in my training. I've starting doing a few yoga sessions which incorporates muscle strength and flexibility.
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I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I'm sure that later on I'll start killing people in a square somewhere, but right now, I just feel happy to be alive.
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When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.
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I have always liked to get my pictures taken, and I like taking care of my looks. But, I am not one to use beauty products and treatments.
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
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When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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There's a lot of girls out there that can relate to me. They can look at me and see themselves a little bit. There's a lot of girls out there that have a tougher side to them. I just think that people are really grown and attracted to that, and that's why people like to see me fight.
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Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.
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I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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Michael (Jackson) was so shy, he'd sit down and sing behind the couch with his back to me while I sat with my hands over my eyes-and the lights off.
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I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly obvious.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
