Stephen Mangan (Stephen James Mangan) Quotes
I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.
Quotes to Explore
-
Film is really the one art form that can effectively use silence. Music and theater can play with silence, but they can't sustain silence without losing energy, whereas film can go into a silent mode and stay there for minutes at a time.
-
I don't mind not being cool.
-
The Italians have shown consistently that they live by the rule of law. They have given these undertakings and we expect them to abide by them.
-
With the word creative we stand under a mystery. And from time to time that mystery, as if it were a sun, sends down upon one head or another, a sudden shaft of light - by grace, one feels, rather than deserving, for it always is something given, free, unsought, unexpected.
-
Modernity is the most transient of qualities.
-
It's more about what was going on in town at that time, the places and the bands. Our band was in the center of all that. That was a special time.
-
Most people do not have access to medication.
-
I have two dream roles: One would be a biopic of someone I admire and respect and the other one would be some sort of action drama film similar to a 'Bourne Identity.' I just really want to do an intelligent action drama film.
-
Carl Rinsch has a good balance between the visual and the drama and action, so I thought if he's going to direct, we can make a new, epic film. My fear was gone when I met him.
-
The fatalism of the limits-to-growth alternative is reasonable only if one ignores all the resources beyond our atmosphere, resources thousands of times greater than we could ever obtain from our beleaguered Earth. As expressed very beautifully in the language of House Concurrent Resolution 451, 'This tiny Earth is not humanity's prison, is not a closed and dwindling resource, but is in fact only part of a vast system rich in opportunities...'
-
As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.
-
I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.
-
At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You may as well push.
-
A daily creative project is like a marathon. It's a ridiculously daunting task, but making an original creation every day gives you an incredible sense of accomplishment. It also forces you to push beyond your mental and physical barriers (especially the ones you've erected for yourself). You'll be amazed at what you produce and what you learn about yourself in the process.
-
Nature is about balance. All the world comes in pairs - Yin and Yang, right and wrong, men and women; whats pleasure without pain?
-
I suppose I’ll have to clean up Freddy’s brains; I hate to leave a mess for the home owners. Hand me that plastic bag; I need to put it over his head to keep him from leaking. Oh, relax, Freddy; I’ll tear an airhole for you.” - Mercer
-
I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.
