Paul O'Grady Quotes
I only like doing live telly. It's great because you go in and do it and then go home. No edit, no retakes.
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My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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When people put that sort of pressure on you, you're worried that people won't want to receive you.
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I just love to see people having a good time.
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The difference between 'Watchmen' and a normal comic book is this: With 'Batman's Gotham City,' you are transported to another world where that superhero makes sense; 'Watchmen' comes at it in a different way, it almost superimposes its heroes on your world, which then changes how you view your world through its prism.
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When I heard that Paul Feig was directing an all-female 'Ghostbusters,' I was prepared to do anything to be a part of this, to be a part of what sounded like an incredible project.
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Straight couples don't have to be monogamous to be married or married to be monogamous. Monogamy no more defines marriage than the presence of children does. Monogamy isn't compulsory and its absence doesn't invalidate a marriage.
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The masterstroke of male fraternity, I believed, was the practice of never speaking of anything remotely personal or related to one's emotions. That way, no one is ever made uncomfortable. Any such awkward moments can always be dispelled with a flurry of pretend-punches.
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I trained with Olympics Athlete Jeanette Kwakye - who is amazing! And Shani Anderson, who is an excellent Olympic runner. We trained five times a week; running, circuits, weights, working out in the gym, and on the track. It was an insane time.
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It doesn't matter whether I qualify or wildcards.
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If I just sit here, what am I going to do? I don't have a trade. I don't teach or anything. I just love to make up characters and gradually build a story around them.
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Women play about twenty-five percent as good as men, so they should get about twenty-five percent of the money men get.
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Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.
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The 'Backlisted' podcast describes itself as 'giving new life to old books'. In each episode, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by a guest from the world of books who brings along some overlooked gem to enthuse about.
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It's hard to take people seriously who say you're totally irresponsible if you go out and climb mountains when you have kids, because they clearly don't understand the circumstances. You can't impose your own acceptance of risk on other people - that's not fair.
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American cities are not scaled to the energy diet of the future. They have become too large. They're over-scaled.
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Art should never be held above our decency to each other.
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You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year... unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
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I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism.
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I was named after the great emperor Cyrus as my father, Farokh Broacha, was a great admirer of the Persian emperor. Continuing the tradition, I have named my son after Mikhail Gorbachev, someone whom I admire. He gave his people freedom.
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The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.
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I only like doing live telly. It's great because you go in and do it and then go home. No edit, no retakes.
