Mike Myers Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.
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I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot.
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I've always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.
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It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority.
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Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament.
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I started playing the violin when I was 5, but by the time I was 12 or 13, I wasn't really liking it.
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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
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Twitter is worth it if you like tweeting. Same is true of Facebook. Or Pinterest. Nothing wrong with having a social presence.
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I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy.
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You can't take yourself too seriously.
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I recently purchased an iPad 2 because I didn't want to wait for the iPad 3 and iPad 4.
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The essence of my work, and of me, is the softer side of a strong woman, and that goes into a number of different roles.
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There are people with an explicit political bent complaining about people having political agendas while nominating stories with political agendas. Is it political to try to be diverse? Is it political to try to imagine a non-heteronormative society? Yes, because it involves politics. But how do they expect us to not write about our lives?
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Cheap jewelery should never be worn unless it happens to be something that you positively know suits you.
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When I was eight, I bought my first puppet. It was a monkey, and I paid five cents for it. I collected some scrap wood and built myself a puppet theatre. I made 32 cents with my first show, which I thought was pretty good, and that's when I knew I would be a puppeteer when I grew up.
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I don't know whether I have ideas all the time. I think I'm curious about things all the time; I think I'm always curious, and I think I'm always interested in whatever passes by, and I know I tend to think about things, and I tend to talk about things, and sometimes that takes root and gives me something to chase.
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The war in Afghanistan is too important to be reduced to a political football. We are fighting there to protect our national security. We are confronting the Taliban-led insurgency to prevent terrorists returning to that country.
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I think acting is all about the other people. Sounds like a worthy thing to say, but it's true.
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By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.
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It's so funny how it's impossible for an American actor to play an English part or an Australian part. But by all means, come and bastardize our accent as much as you want.
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Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice.
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It's a strange game, ... as the Scottish people say.
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My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.
