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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It got so bad that by the time I was graduated, the only reading I did was in order to get the grade and the only writing I did was in order to get the grade.
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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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Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.
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O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth: The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.
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The sequester has forced liberals to clarify their conviction that whatever the government's size is at any moment, is the bare minimum neccessary to forestall intolerable suffering.
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When you're 8 years old, and you've become subconsciously familiar with the layout and design of Black Sparrow books, and you know the difference between Miles Davis and John Coltrane, something is bound to stick.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Do not calculate what I have done, for I shall accept no recompense. Calculate the public advantage, the welfare and liberty of my country, and believe that I shall refuse no burden, no danger, provided that, at the hour of tranquillity, I may return to private life, for there now remains but one step for my ambition - that of arriving at zero.
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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.
