Paul Merton Quotes
The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what other people say. It's about what you hear.
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I don't have a phone, but I do have an iPad.
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Working with special needs children is hard.
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I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I love the way soft white cheese such as ricotta or the creamier mascarpone reflect the milieu in which an animal has been raised.
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I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
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Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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The other day, someone called me this generation's Bruce Dern - I'd never thought of that, and frankly, I don't know enough of Bruce Dern's work to comment on it, though he is an incredible actor.
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I think when I first started out making music here in Los Angeles, a lot of people were really curious about my ethnicity, and you know, whatever questions they had, I'd be more than happy to answer them.
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I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms.
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I'm not Mary Poppins, but I think I functioned with integrity.
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Macroeconomic adjustment programmes are tailor-made to the situation of the country concerned and no models or templates are used.
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When I went to school, it was really just to immerse myself in listening to, studying, and making music.
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I grew up listening to cabaret. At 7 and 8 years old, I was already singing like a club performer.
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The most unendurable thing, to be sure, the really terrible thing, would be a life without habits, a life which continually required improvisation.
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The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what other people say. It's about what you hear.
