Stephen Merchant (Stephen James Merchant) Quotes
When I was a teenager, I met a comedian who I admired, and he was very rude to me. That's why when people come up to me I try not to be rude. I don't want to name who he is, but it really put me off watching his stuff since.
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Hamas has effectively kidnapped Gaza. Instead of turning it into the Singapore of the Middle East that was promised, they have turned it into a fortress of terror.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
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What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.
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I get a lot of letters that say, 'I'm a normal, down-to-earth girl. I love to cook, and I love sports.' What I also get are letters from a whole bunch of moms saying, 'My daughter is awesome,' and, 'My daughter is a great daughter.'
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We live in bodies that are fearfully and wonderfully made, yet they are not immune to illness and pain. We have hearts that are capable of experiencing great love, but sometimes they get broken.
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Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.
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Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
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One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish very much.
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I've worked nonstop for 31 years. I've counted down myself hundreds of cues for everything in each 90-minute show. I've never really taken an extended break, so I'd like to see what a vacation is really like.
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I like football, but I think this is a very personal matter. I don't see any negatives for some Russian rich man to buy a football club.
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I hate when people use this term, but Matt Weiner is a genius.
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I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.
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It was great to watch Orson Welles, not only as an actor but as a director.
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I like to make super music instead of working with superstars.
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I know I screwed up my 'Godzilla.'
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And after four years, I thoroughly enjoy Hawaii and the success of the show.
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When you have the most stable team in the garage from a financial standpoint and manufacturer standpoint, that attracts good people.
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I am a huge sports fan and spend a lot of my time away from work watching sports, going to sporting events, stuff like that. So it is a big thrill to see these people who I have so much respect for and to find out that they're all really fun, super-nice people. It's very exciting.
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If there's anything I like better than honey and ketchup, it's baloney and whipped cream --- and we haven't got any!
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I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being an American cultural showcase. It's there to be a museum showcase of all that's great about American music.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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Our scientific advances will be merely obscene unless they help the large part of our world's population emerge from miserable uncertainty and debilitating terror.
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When I was a teenager, I met a comedian who I admired, and he was very rude to me. That's why when people come up to me I try not to be rude. I don't want to name who he is, but it really put me off watching his stuff since.
