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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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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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 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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Todo juguete tiene derecho a romperse.
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The two questions I always ask myself are 'What if' and 'Why not?
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Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.
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It is important to always look forward.
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Again and again the imaginary plan on which one attempts to build up that order breaks down and then we must try another. This imaginative vision and faith in the ultimate success are indispensable. The pure rationalist has no place here.
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Characters develop as the book progresses, but any that start to bore me end up in the wastepaper basket. In real life, we may have to put up with tedious people, but not in novels.
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In order to remain silent Da-sein must have something to say.
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In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables.
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When I am before the Blessed Sacrament I feel such a lively faith that I can't describe it. Christ in the Eucharist is almost tangible to me...When it is time for me to leave, I have to tear myself away from His sacred presence.
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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.
