Karl Pilkington Quotes
When you've been on a programme called 'An Idiot Abroad' job offers aren't exactly flying in.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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I've had jokes stolen a thousand times. But if you can do it better than me, you can have it. I've had jokes stolen from me in the club when I'm next on stage. And my brain will start to turn, and the gears will start turning, and I'll go onstage and create a whole new bit.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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Discipline and united action are the real source of strength for the nation.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling.
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I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.
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I think it's much harder to have a long dialogue scene than an action scene. An action scene is long, but it's not really hard. It's kind of boring, really. It looks good at the end, but to shoot it, it's not the most exciting thing.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top.
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I think what I've learned most from being an actress is that there's no method. That you have to invent this process over and over and over again, depending on who you're working with and what you're doing.
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There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.
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I'm pretty much a straight guy on 'The Office.' We can't all be crazies. You need some balance.
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I've been a huge fan of all things paranormal my whole life. For me, it was always a question of when, not if, I was going to write a paranormal series. I dipped my toe in the genre by incorporating a mystical curse into the 'MacCarrick Brothers Trilogy.'
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The iambic line, with its characteristic forward movement from short to long, or light to heavy, or unstressed to stressed, is the quintessential measure of English verse.
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When you've been on a programme called 'An Idiot Abroad' job offers aren't exactly flying in.
