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.
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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.
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I don't mind not being cool.
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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.
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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.
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Modernity is the most transient of qualities.
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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.
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Most people do not have access to medication.
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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.
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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.
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I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.
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When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.
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Beaten biscuits: This is the most laborious of cakes, and also the most unwholesome, even when made in the best manner. We do not recommend it; but there is no accounting for tastes. Children would not eat these biscuits-nor grown persons either, if they can get any other sort of bread. When living in a town where there are bakers, there is no excuse for making Maryland biscuit. Believe nobody that says they are not unwholesome. . . . Better to live on Indian cakes.
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A promise kept is trust coming to life. A promise kept is more powerful than a good intention, a thought or any material comfort. A promise kept tells the other person they are valued, respected and loved.
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Gentlemen, we just siezed an airfield. That was pretty ninja.
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I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.
