Ian Mckellen Quotes
I just followed my parents' example and advice on living, which was to leave the world a better place than you found it. They were professional do-gooders, ministers of the church, social workers, teachers, and missionaries, that sort of thing.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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I don't think Congress, in general, has done a good job articulating to the American public how inextricably linked our credit markets are to our entire economic system.
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In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village or town where his face is known and seen every day. For children take advantage, as I know to my cost, and would gather round him like hens around a farmer when he scatters grain.
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There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.
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If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
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I'm pretty stubborn.
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I can always go back to construction. That's great money, but the problem is you can cut off your hand.
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The English people on the whole are surely the nicest people in the world, and everybody makes everything so easy for everyone else, that there is almost nothing to resist at all.
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I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I know that this going to take great will power but try.
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I just followed my parents' example and advice on living, which was to leave the world a better place than you found it. They were professional do-gooders, ministers of the church, social workers, teachers, and missionaries, that sort of thing.
