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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I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.
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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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I just want to keep writing music.
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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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Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border of my life and friendships. I learned quickly how to stand alone.
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The band would play on the night off for the local hotel bands and we'd back all the different acts. So I'd been advised by good friends of mine to come back to Hawaii. Oh, I loved Honolulu, playing at a place right on the beach at Waikiki!
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The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.
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When I first hit the scene, it was just a lot of go, go, go, go, go. I have a lot of natural energy anyway, but it was over the top.
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I can't remember those words (Lyrics) even when we were on tour.
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The companies that won't do well will be the me-too companies: the fifth, sixth, seventh version of Twitter, etc.
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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?
