Ian Mckellen Quotes
I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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We take the show very seriously, but we don't take ourselves seriously.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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In Washington, the translation of E Pluribus Unum has been lost. The belief that we are one nation - united in purpose - caring about and for one another is no longer the practice.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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If you take all the factories in the world today, they could make all the parts necessary to build more factories like themselves. So, in a sense, we have a self-replicating industrial system today, but it would take a tremendous effort to copy what we already have.
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As much horror as we have always created, we are a species that keeps moving forward, seeing new sights in new ways, and enjoying the journey.
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
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Don't assume that the answers are out there in the form of somebody else already doing something. Sometimes they are. But you have to think beyond that.
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Man is always separated from what he is by all the breadth of the being which he is not. He makes himself known to himself from the other side of the world and he looks from the horizon toward himself to recover his inner being.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
