Stephen Mangan (Stephen James Mangan) Quotes
I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldnt dignify it with the term band - get together and play.
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
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To be honest, marriage doesn't scare me and that, it's just once you've been together for so long, if you haven't got any kids it's just a big expensive day out for everyone else to enjoy, isn't it?
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When you start talking about sacrifices, pretty soon people start feeling like chumps.
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The more of what our music does violates the premise of its format that it's presented in, the better. So, hearing our music in the supermarket, a Muzak version, is great.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.
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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
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A sociopath is not just someone who doesn't care about human emotion. They're someone who understands people to the point that they can manipulate them to an extraordinary degree.
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Like so many poor Ilokanos, my grandparents left their village, for it could no longer sustain them. The Ilocos is a narrow coastal plain where, so often, the mountain drops to the sea. Land hunger had always afflicted the Ilokanos and made them migratory.
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I'm realistic about my career as a novelist. I'm certainly not a superstar and far, far from a household name, but I feel successful.
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I enjoy stories about thin women - I read them frequently. I enjoy them; I root for those characters, but I always feel like there are enough of them out there and there are enough of them in the spotlight.
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There are Tea Parties, and I would say plural, in California.
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People find it hard to fit exercise into their working-day life. Nine to five jobs take up most of your day, so it's always difficult. But a little can go a long way. It can literally be 10 or 15 minutes of exercise that can be of real benefit.
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Directing a film requires a different set of skills. It is a difficult job, and I am happy being an actor.
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You bird-brained baby. I ain't called anybody baby since Birdman; unless you're a swallow.
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Whether you draw diagrams that generate code or you type at a browser, you are coding.
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I don't know what it feels like not to have a great family support system - I was lucky to have that.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
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I don't feel that electronic music has to stand on the back of urban artists or anyone else to be recognized. It's great music.
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All bands are in danger of losing their identity. Constantly.
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I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldnt dignify it with the term band - get together and play.
