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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A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.
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The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.
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Racing a marathon is a true and simple way to test the human spirit. Whether it goes perfectly or poorly you will certainly learn something about yourself and be a better person for having tackled the distance.
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I believe the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time. This is why the devil tries so hard to get Christians to be religious. If he can sink a man's mind into habit, he will prevent his heart from engaging God. I was into habit.
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I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.
