Ian Mckellen Quotes
My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out.
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I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
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We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?
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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
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I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Religious ideas about good and evil tend to focus on how to achieve well-being in the next life, and this makes them terrible guides to securing it in this one. Of course, there are a few gems to be found in every religious tradition, but insofar as these precepts are wise and useful they are not, in principle, religious.
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If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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It's a voluntary act. I cannot punish anyone not taking the public transport, but I want everyone, from the highest ranking officers to the lowest, to take public transport every Wednesday.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Sometimes I panic to the point where I don't know what I'm thinking or doing. I have a full anxiety attack. I have them all the time anyway, but with auditioning, it's bad.
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The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
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I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.
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You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
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Do you agree that the European Union should be able to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of parliament?
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Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all he has. It is the pearl of great price to by which the merchant will sell all his goods.
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The educated Southerner has no use for an 'r', except at the beginning of a word.
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An artist's career always begins tomorrow.
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My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out.
