Ian Mckellen Quotes

I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out.

Ian Mckellen

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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.

Katha Pollitt
- Hope
- Culture
- Best
Traditionally, music has been a means of separating ourselves as people from another group of people.

Sam Hunt
- People
- Music
- Group
Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America's interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years.

Patrick Leahy
- World
- America
- Elements
Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and the discomfort.

Tara Brach
- Up
- Freedom
- Courage
We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day, but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.

Viggo Mortensen
- Live
- Done
- Day
There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has existed indefinitely, for an infinite time. It is only myth that attempts to say how the universe came to be, either four thousand or twenty billion years ago.

Hannes Alfven
- Time
- Universe
- Doubt