Paul Merton Quotes
I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't?
Quotes to Explore
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.
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If you calculate 15 minutes a day to shave, that is 5,000 minutes a year spent shaving.
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definitely helps for both of them. I'm a big fan of relaxing and not having a schedule. That's my best way to keep from going crazy.
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I don't understand labels. I don't need anybody to tell me I'm Latina or black or anything else. I've played characters that were written for Caucasian females, I just want to be given the same consideration as everybody else, and so far that has been happening.
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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
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I wrote a lot about the need for an information appliance. I think we've pretty much arrived at one: the iPad. A child could figure out how to use it quickly. Compare it to a DOS computer or even an Apple II; it's no longer nearly as much of a hassle or a mystery.
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The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility.
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The secret is to cook the aubergines the day before and let them dry of all the oil they drank in cooking. When you cook aubergine, they eat a lot of oil. It can be very heavy.
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It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input.
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Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.
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At TGC, we are firm believers in the value of making games that respect our players.
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I think I understand why baseball players today are a little standoffish, because the world has changed. You don't know who's trying to take advantage of you, what people really want.
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Only medical hypnosis is capable of opening up amnesia.
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Is it possible that we never feel grown-up because, as our capabilities increased with age, so increased our responsibilities?
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The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky.
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When I hosted 'Win, Lose or Draw,' it was always fascinating to me that no one knew where anything was when they had to draw a destination.
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I don't think 'Shotgon Stories' or 'Take Shelter' have hopeless endings. I think there's hope in both those films, no matter how hard you have to search for it. It's there.
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I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't?
