Ian Mckellen Quotes
Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.
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For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful.
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By 2022, China is expected to cede the dubious distinction of being the world's most populous nation to India, according to the population division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
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They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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I really like just super dry comedy.
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The Arab Spring, nobody's in the streets demonstrating for radical Islam; they're in the streets with a window of democracy. They want our political reform, our social justice, and our economic opportunity.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13.
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I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt.
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We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.
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The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat – 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.
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I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.
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I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.
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Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.
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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw.
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When we look within ourselves with psilocybin, we discover that we do not have to look outward toward the futile promise of life that circles distant stars in order to still our cosmic loneliness. We should look within; the paths of the heart lead to nearby universes full of life and affection for humanity.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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Sometimes with certain writing, you feel like you've got to be literal, hit it hard on the nose, just to get the point across. Good writing is more subversive I think - or good scenes. They are about one thing on the page but you can make it about something completely different.
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The trouble with some cooking is that the real flavours get cancelled out by the wine, cream, and butter sauces.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
