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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No matter how healthy, intelligent or affluent we may be, if our minds are weak, then our happiness will also be frail and brittle. Our minds of faith, moreover, enable us to bring out the full potential in all things and situations, so it is crucial that we strive to forge our minds of faith.
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The sad part about happy endings is there's nothing to write about.
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It would be different if it was someone you didn't like and he was a horrible person, giving it all the time, but he's not like that.
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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.
