Ian Mckellen Quotes
The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true.
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I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver, and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.
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In 2009, during my inaugural address, I expressed the importance of unprecedented partnerships. Since then, Utah's government, business, and education leaders in communities statewide have worked together more frequently and with better results than ever before.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
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We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.
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Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the color does not sell, who do you blame? The forecasters? No, you blame yourself.
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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Marxism conceives of the new system of socialism as the necessary outcome of all previous history made possible and necessary only by that previous history.
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All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.
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I always loved going to Hawai'i; it was very, very special.
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I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.
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After Pixar's 2006 merger with the Walt Disney Company, its CEO, Bob Iger, asked me, chief creative officer John Lasseter, and other Pixar senior managers to help him revive Disney Animation Studios. The success of our efforts prompted me to share my thinking on how to build a sustainable creative organization.
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I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn't good enough.
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A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
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If you think hitting 40 is liberating, wait until you hit 50; and I was surprised at how liberating it was. The anticipation of something is always much worse than the reality.
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Intellectual capital drives financial capital and growth.
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The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true.
