Paul Merton Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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That's the problem today: Who is the creator?
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
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Modeling gave me an opportunity to be someone I'm not each day.
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My resume, my career, and my legacy in this sport means more to me then collecting some checks.
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Honestly, I just love great performers and people who love what they do.
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I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
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I always like to tell a story.
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I think it had something to do with my love of music, especially rock music.
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Eating vegetarian in the past would have been a really bad choice as an athlete. Impossible. Just being able to get the amount of protein in was a mission. You couldn't be picky. I feel quite liberated by the fact that I can now quite recklessly choose vegetarian food.
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His decision to study the law had got him as far as hiring Twelve Angry Men from a video shop.
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I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable.
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My character Milly in 'The Boy Who Could Fly' was a very strong part. There were dramatic moments, and there were humorous moments, too. The whole story with Eric Underwood's character was just wonderful, and the messages behind the script were very important to me.
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Part of being an artist is that you want to express yourself to as many people as possible. But you don't want to exclude anyone.
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Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.
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When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.
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There's always been an element of 'right time, right place' to Nine Inch Nails. When we stepped onstage at Woodstock '94, I could sense it. I get goosebumps thinking about it now. Like, 'I don't know how we did this, but somehow we've touched a nerve.'
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The first decade of the twentieth century was not a great time to be born black and poor and female in St. Louis, Missouri, but Vivian Baxter was born black and poor, to black and poor parents. Later she would grow up and be called beautiful. As a grown woman she would be known as the butter-colored lady with the blowback hair.
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As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others.
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The Chinese culture belongs not only to the Chinese but also to the whole world.
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My father's own view was more than entrepreneurship; it was really a passion to build an institution in India.
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You have to discover when you're inadequate to be funny and you don't know you're inadequate when you're a kid.
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Contractions, 'U' for 'you' and the like are wonderful to make communication brief and efficient - but we wouldn't want all our talk to be only brief and efficient. Taking pauses out of language would be like taking the net away from a tennis game. Where would all the fun go?
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In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it.
