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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I'm just kind of focused on playing the game and try to get better at certain things and wipe the slate clean every night.
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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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But alas! Science cannot now rescue us, for even the scientist is lost in the terrible midnight of our age. Indeed, science gave us the very instruments that threaten to bring universal suicide.
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I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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If you walk up to some random person on the street, grab them by the shoulder, and say 'Did you just see what I saw?!', you'll find that no-one wants to talk to you.
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Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory normal person + anonymity + audience = total fuckwad
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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.
