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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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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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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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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Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.
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I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Garry Kasparov -
At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
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Roadrunner wanted to make Born in the Flood the next Nickelback, but I didn't want to be that. I didn't want to be a huge rock star playing songs I didn't like. I didn't want to be stuck playing 'Anthem,' the song everybody liked but I didn't want to put on the record, for the next five years.
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The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly.
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I don't use the voice of Bart when I'm making love to my husband, but Marge's voice turns him on a little.
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Theatre is a bastard form. I'm always proud of that. That's what makes it taste of life.
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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?
