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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There's always a pressure on performing the best.
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The fact is that no foreign-policy doctrine is perfect.
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People who can't kiss had everything given to them.
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In the end, being the writer on set is a bit like having organised a big party, but you're not allowed to eat or drink anything. You just have to stand in the corner.
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I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.
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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.
