Ian Mckellen Quotes
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige of that kind of thinking, we're not going to be able to undermine these divisions in our world.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.
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It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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The range of variation in the female far exceeds the range of variation in the male.
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Even though I'm a pop singer, I really have more the life of a country singer.
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Photography was a way for me to freeze time and to capture the moments that were happy and healthy. I saw a photo as a way to go back to a memory if I ever needed to.
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In my culture, whispering in the company of others is considered rude.
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It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.
