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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The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.
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A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job.
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Laptops are important, but before you spend a million dollars per school providing one laptop per child... won't you please spend $5,000 per school equipping every classroom with a document camera?
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Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms.
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These will be fabulous investments and will make millions of more people rich.
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When you've been on a programme called 'An Idiot Abroad' job offers aren't exactly flying in.
