Ian Mckellen Quotes
Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one.Ian Mckellen
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
Walter Lippmann -
I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
Val McDermid -
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
Ovid -
I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
Victoria Justice -
I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
Wale -
What really matters is what's on the inside.
Victoria Justice
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
Laura Harring -
I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.
Zoe Saldana -
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
Immanuel Kant -
You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.
Irene Rosenfeld -
Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
Zig Ziglar -
The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
Frances Burney
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It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
Gary Lineker -
Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.
Floyd Skloot -
I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
Rachael Leigh Cook -
Saving Milly was a break from this effort because I felt that it was time to be part of something that could shed light on a disease everyone feels they know, when most know so little.
Madeleine Stowe -
When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.
Sam Worthington -
Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
Tammy Duckworth
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
Ed Gillespie -
My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
Abbas Kiarostami -
Although 95 percent of the world's market for products exists outside the U.S., many small firms do not have the resources and personnel to take advantage of these opportunities.
Sam Graves -
In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
Aaron Siskind -
I thrive with fashion and shopping and imports and things like that. It gives me a rush. I love Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus and all the top-of-the-line houses.
Lark Voorhies -
Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one.
Ian Mckellen