Paul McGann (Paul John McGann) Quotes
The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks later it all goes back to normal.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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I hope to be on 'SNL' as long as they'll let me.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn't been injured.
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I like to do my own make-up.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me?
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I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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I'm a fun-loving guy. We are basically from Amritsar and ours is a chilled-out family. I think I have got my humour from my mother.
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The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the air.
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I never really do the New Year's Resolution thing. I kind of just try to stay focused, not get too distracted, and do the best I can. And that's something I like to tell myself every year around New Year's.
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Within the U.N. itself, I have appointed a record number of women to high-level positions. I did not fill jobs with women just for the sake of it - I looked for the best possible candidate, and I found that if you strip away discrimination, the best possible candidate is often a woman.
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'That you are regularly facing challenges does not make you an unbeliever. Don’t measure your Christian life by your situation.'
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Both Shah Rukh and Aamir have taught me a lot. I used to be their fan. I had seen all their movies. Once I had even taken Aamir's autograph! Then all of a sudden, I was facing the camera with him! The way these two looked after me and saw me through my initial scenes is something I can never forget.
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The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing, But Man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.
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On the internet nobody can hear you being subtle.
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Don't be so amazing or I'll miss you too much.
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Joanne' is a progression for me. It was about going into the studio and forgetting that I was famous.
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In this short life that only lasts ah hour how much-how little-is within our power.
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“But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.”
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I exclude the hypothesis of complete originality on Charles Lever's part, because a man can no more be completely original in that sense than a tree can grow out of air.
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The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks later it all goes back to normal.
