Simon Pegg (Simon John Pegg) Quotes
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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Why has the Democratic Party become so arrogantly detached from ordinary Americans? Though they claim to speak for the poor and dispossessed, Democrats have increasingly become the party of an upper-middle-class professional elite, top-heavy with journalists, academics and lawyers.
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I do myself up kind of like a doll. I have a doll collection and I look at their outfits and kind of imitate them.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
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I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful to my own experience.
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I would say I spend about an hour a day cleansing and moisturising after all of the make-up I've worn on jobs, and on weekends I tend to go bare-faced to give my skin a bit of a break.
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I am a big foodie, so much so that I eat in every half an hour. This is the secret of my glowing skin.
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With age comes a greater wisdom, an ease and comfort with oneself.
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Well, in features, and in writing especially, it's often the style of the writer comes in.
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I have so much respect for what's funny.
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There isn't much improvisation in film - there's virtually none. The people that theoretically could be good at this in a theater situation don't necessarily do this in a film in a way that will work, because it's much broader on a stage.
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We hope 'Toy Story 3' looks amazing but still retains the character design of the first film. I like to think it looks like 'Toy Story' would have looked back then had we had the skills and the technology.
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The only way that I can do better than someone else, maybe they're better at something else, but they'll never beat me at work.
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If there was any show I could guest star on, I would want to guest star on 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' because I am such a nerd and I love that show. If there was ever an opportunity to be on that, I would snatch it up.
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I adore my family. I don't love their politics. I think they're wonderful parents. They were dreadful at parenting.
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When the hospital sends for me, when the ambulance comes and I ease my way out of the world, I'd rather be in Detroit, Michigan, than Lenox Hill.
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Truly, with a sitcom and the rhythms of comedy... music is so helpful in that area of life.
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My favorite comedy is comedy where nothing is achieved and there is no point.
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I advise wannabe singers to form a band, practise in your garage if you have to, but do as many charity or open mic shows as possible to get experience. I sang for seven years before getting a record deal, and I was already loving what I was doing. I just got lucky and got discovered.
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I really have a love and passion for football. I enjoy basketball, but it's not something I love. You have to let things go that are not for you.
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There is a universality to comedy.
