Michael Palin Quotes
I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.
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Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.
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I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
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My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.
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I have made 'start, grow and stay' a big part of my administration.
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It's absolutely critical that we not only provide support from cradle to career in the education system but also the wraparound services.
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The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Prophets and Seers in the Old Testament; and Evangelists and Apostles in the New.
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My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma – it's in the family. I had that experience where everything comes into perspective. It's the weirdest thing, 'cause you're like, 'It will never happen to me,' and when it does, it's like, 'OK, wow.'
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The thing is, often press people ask questions that are so personal that even your nearest and dearest wouldn't ask them.
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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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When your neighbour's house is on fire, you should help with a bucket of water.
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I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.
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When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream.
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The culture means the younger generation respecting the OGs, but at the same time, bringing it all to the older generation to where they can relate.
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Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.
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Anything's possible. If I turn round tomorrow and say I want to be a spaceman, I could do that. You can do whatever you want to do.
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When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set of rules, and everyone else lives by a very different set.
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I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.
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When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
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In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.
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When you're wide awake say it for goodness sake, it's gonna be a great day.
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Social media... it's the future for the new generation.
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I don't go against the grain because I'm a contrary person.
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I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.
