Stephen Mangan (Stephen James Mangan) Quotes
Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.
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It is certain that, because the negligent do not struggle against self, they never achieve peace of soul or do so tardily, and never possess any virtue in its fullness, while the energetic and industrious make notable advances on both fronts.
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
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'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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It is God who gives us the opportunity to win and to get victories.
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For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the best use of. That's probably why I get up so early and have writing time in the quiet dawn hours, when no one needs me.
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Muslims are ordinary members of the working public, just like you.
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In prose, you have a lot more room for digression, for very meaty kinds of dialogues. In graphic novels, you're writing haiku-length dialogue. Your job is to be efficient, to get out of the way of the art.
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Anytime people read my tweets, they hear it in Auto-Tune.
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I want to explore the world properly, to be able to write about and take pictures of all kinds of different cultures. Just be an explorer or adventurer. I also love extreme sports.
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There's definitely stories I would like to tell; I'd like to see more films focusing on women's lives.
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I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.
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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
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All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader?
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I am opposed to those who have an ideological vision of immigration, and I think that, given the situation in France, it must stop.
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Already known as one of America’s best and wittiest poets, William Trowbridge has, in Ship of Fool, found the perfect vessel to convey his vision: comic, tender, wry, compassionate, full of insight and rueful understanding of what it means to carry on, cream pies in the face, pants falling down as the Green Weenie rampages through our foolish, beautiful lives.
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Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done.
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Did that remind anybody else of something?" "Yes," Eve said, tapping her lower lip with a bloodred fingernail. "How much I need to shave her head while she's sleeping.
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Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.
