Karl Pilkington Quotes
They say it all started out with a big bang. But, what I wonder is, was it a big bang or did it just seem big because there wasn't anything else drown it out at the time?
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.
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Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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Mel Gibson is losing it. I don't know how people still supporting this dude's movies like it's all good. That dude is nuts. All you gotta do is shut him down and don't support any of his movies.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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I'm all for being in love and whenever I like someone, I end up pretty much completely smitten.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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In 1975 I met Alison Brown and in 1982 we were married. She works for Cornell Computer Services.
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I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.
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I hate any match that isn't a traditional Tag Team Match or a traditional Singles Match, because anything can happen. It's truly one of those deals where it's all about being in the right place at the right time.
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'…Just you bloody hypocrites with your four wives and your ten thousand houris in heaven?…'
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They say it all started out with a big bang. But, what I wonder is, was it a big bang or did it just seem big because there wasn't anything else drown it out at the time?
