Michael Palin
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I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pa... LANCE BURTON I've been blessed with pretty strong stamina and healthy genes, so I'd call myself sensible.... HARRIET WALTER YAYOI KUSAMA ROBERT PATTINSON I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that wa... SAM ELLIOTT TOM HOOPER When I got the phone call that I was told I was Peter Pan, I freaked out, because I was like, 'W... LEVI MILLER ROGER MOORE I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8. Th... ELLEN POTTER LYNN COADY I've been managing Internet businesses since 1999. That's 12 years of being in the tornado, ... JEFF JORDAN I never said that I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid. I didn't know. I thought I was going... ADAN CANTO I was in college, and I studied everything, but was really not good at anything until I found philos... 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One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle. MICHAEL PALIN Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. Th... MICHAEL PALIN I've always been blessed, or cursed, some might say, with an insatiable curiosity, a desire to f... MICHAEL PALIN I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decen... MICHAEL PALIN Fame changes everything. When you're well-known, you're expected to be different. Some peopl... MICHAEL PALIN I do have high standards. I look at everything I have done and think, 'Why wasn't that bette... MICHAEL PALIN There are people who travel because they want to push themselves to physical limits, people who walk... MICHAEL PALIN I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get thro... MICHAEL PALIN I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect... MICHAEL PALIN If you had a successful TV show, people wanted to see you live. Promoters had had practice with pop ... MICHAEL PALIN Ronnie could turn himself into any character. He did it with an effortless ease. MICHAEL PALIN I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teac... MICHAEL PALIN Eric Idle 's Personal Best, MICHAEL PALIN Around the World in Eighty Days MICHAEL PALIN a straightforward, down-to-earth man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh - p... MICHAEL PALIN great wit, a great sense of humor. MICHAEL PALIN The American dimension to Python happened quite late. People said they weren't interested, and we'd ... MICHAEL PALIN Do Not Adjust Your Set ... Monty Python's Flying Circus. MICHAEL PALIN I remember queuing around the block in Sheffield when I was growing up. At that time, going to the c... MICHAEL PALIN When I read profiles of myself, I sometimes think: 'I have spent my whole life struggling to und... MICHAEL PALIN I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody... MICHAEL PALIN There is nothing better than playing a scene with John Cleese or Maggie Smith. It's electric. Bu... MICHAEL PALIN You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead. MICHAEL PALIN I want people to know there is more to Somalia than looting and piracy. MICHAEL PALIN 'The Truth' is not meant to preach or point any fingers. It's meant to show that perhaps... MICHAEL PALIN There was a mixture there and it was a rather pleasant mixture, and I think it helped him a lot in t... MICHAEL PALIN It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really beli... MICHAEL PALIN People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe. MICHAEL PALIN Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be ... MICHAEL PALIN I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly... MICHAEL PALIN I do have high standards. I look at everything I have done and think, 'Why wasn't that better?' Part... MICHAEL PALIN The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience. MICHAEL PALIN I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on ... MICHAEL PALIN Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected un... MICHAEL PALIN We were amazed at the enthusiasm of American audiences. MICHAEL PALIN Always look on the bright side of life. (Monty Python) MICHAEL PALIN Of course there is a huge in our material welfare, religious upbringing, and things like that. But t... MICHAEL PALIN Ronnie was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh. MICHAEL PALIN There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe. MICHAEL PALIN And one of them turned to me, ... and said, 'Oh my God! Eric Idle!' MICHAEL PALIN All right, now we're going to make a sketch. MICHAEL PALIN I can't think of anyone who knew how to play comedy better than Ronnie Barker and I count myself eno... MICHAEL PALIN I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's g... MICHAEL PALIN Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't... MICHAEL PALIN People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract. MICHAEL PALIN Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected un... MICHAEL PALIN I love reading other people's diaries, especially someone like Virginia Woolf's - such a for... MICHAEL PALIN When I'm travelling, I always take my little notebook and scribble things down as I watch them; ... MICHAEL PALIN I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so. MICHAEL PALIN I've been lucky enough to stand on both poles, but the place that seemed the remotest to me was ... MICHAEL PALIN The kids growing up is a separate strand to your life. However bad a day you've had, that's ... MICHAEL PALIN I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers. MICHAEL PALIN I'm not good at confrontation. I know my strengths. I like company. And I am not a great arguer.... MICHAEL PALIN I don't seek discomfort. But, very often, you realise that what you fear is actually quite ephem... MICHAEL PALIN Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable ... MICHAEL PALIN I am restless. I don't mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own... MICHAEL PALIN Travelling, and being paid for it, is just great. MICHAEL PALIN SARAH PALIN I'm in no rush. One day I'll find a nice guy. BRISTOL PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN I want to do public speaking and cause campaigning. I want to write a book. BRISTOL PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN If a mistake is made the honorable thing to do is to own up to it.' Of course I was talking about Le... BRISTOL PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN Never lie to your mother. That's like the biggest lesson that I learned, learned throughout my l... BRISTOL PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN I love my baby more than anything. He's like a Gerber baby. He's the cutest baby in the whol... BRISTOL PALIN I love my son more than anything. I will do whatever it takes to make sure he is raised the right wa... BRISTOL PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN I'm a normal sized girl. I'm not a size double zero; I don't weigh 90 pounds. I'm a ... BRISTOL PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN There was some indecision as to when I was born. My sister said it was 1916. I'd lost my birth c... MICHAEL GOUGH You can't escape this feeling of disintegration. The world is fragile. But you also can't le... MICHAEL SHANNON You have to always remember who your guest is, and that's who we cater to. MICHAEL MINA MICHAEL CAINE MICHAEL SYMON We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. ... MICHAEL CHERTOFF There's Jay-Z, who morphs a certain street hustler's cool and indifference into CEO extravag... MICHAEL PATERNITI MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL PORTER MICHAEL STRAHAN I might be 'Candid Camera's number one fan. MICHAEL CARBONARO To be able to detect the outbreak of avian flu anywhere in the world is going to require a partnersh... MICHAEL BURGESS MICHAEL JORDAN The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the... 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But I think I have a First Amendment right not to b... MICHAEL NUTTER In all of my work I'm trying to create a dialogue, in which I want to provoke the recipients, st... MICHAEL HANEKE Horror fans need horror, okay? They don't need little worms squirming around going down your thr... MICHAEL ROOKER MICHAEL LEUNIG A man in a well tailored suit will always shine brighter than a guy in an off-the-rack suit. MICHAEL KORS MICHAEL MOORE If you copy then it is not self-expression. MICHAEL SCHENKER I'm not sure why I like cats so much. I mean, they're really cute obviously. They are both w... 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