Stephen Merchant (Stephen James Merchant) Quotes
I was trying for years to woo people through humour, but it seems flash cars are much easier.
Stephen Merchant
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
Barry Sonnenfeld
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Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it.
Xenophon
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I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared.
Patrick MacGill
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Women's liberation and the male midlife crisis were the same search-for personal fulfillment, common values, mutual respect, love. But while women's liberation was thought of as promoting identity, the male midlife crisis was thought of as an identity crisis.
Warren Farrell
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Wisdom for the Soul of Black Folk by Larry Chang, Gnosophia Publishers, Roderick Terry
Alex Rodriguez
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'Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards.' In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be able to 'fly upwards'.
Andrei Tarkovsky
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As a rule, Michael Balcon was at great pains to ensure Ealing remained very British. There was no point our trying to be MGM, and we didn't see a lot of American stars.
Douglas Slocombe
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In fact, the history of North America has been perhaps more profoundly influenced by man's inheritance from his past homes than by the physical features of his present home.
Ellsworth Huntington
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I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world.
Bobby Short
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I really dig the scene that's happening now, I really do, because there might be a lot of bad things going on, but if out of all of those bad things ten per cent of the groovy part of it stays, wow... you can't beat that.
Bruce Johnston
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I log 250 days a year on the road. I need pants that are versatile, easy to clean, and dry in my hotel room if necessary.
Andrew Zimmern
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The great thing about having money is that you can actually just get on with your life and not have to think about paying the bills or crouch over 'The Wall Street Journal' or the 'Financial Times' and look at the stock figures and things like that. That bores me rigid.
Peter Mayle
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Keep a strict, predictable schedule 365 days a year that has you eating, sleeping, and exercising at about the same times day in and day out.
David Agus
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Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to ensure fair pay for women in the workplace. In addition, he succeeded in getting a measure passed to end discrimination against gays in the military.
Kitty Kelley
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Why do I love Roald Dahl? His voice, more than anything. It's irreproducible. It's so musical, and it's funny even when it's not trying to be, which is most of the time.
Jesse Andrews
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They send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge, but all you want to do is learn how to score.
Jimmy Buffett
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For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.
Jasper Fforde
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I was trying for years to woo people through humour, but it seems flash cars are much easier.
Stephen Merchant
