Karl Pilkington Quotes
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Life isn't perfect, of course, but we all know it's how you react to things that counts.
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We know that if you just were to take the drugs that you were supposed to take for diabetes or hypertension, just take it, as opposed to not take it, we could save $7,000, $3,000 per patient per year.
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I started getting really interested in comedy when I was in middle school.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
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The main thing is to know something and to say it.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama.
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And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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I do miss 'Battlestar', the cast and crew. That was a pretty well-oiled machine. It's sort of like you don't know what you've got till it's gone. But I go to a lot of sci-fi conventions, and I love going and talking about the show.
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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I really believe the nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons is the world's most ominous threat.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know.
