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Michael Palin Quotes

One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: british
Birth: May 5, 1943

Topics

Life Ride Bicycle My Life Important

As a historian, I've spent much of my career warning people about the dangers of nostalgia.

Stephanie Coontz

People Career Nostalgia Warning Much

I came up in 1941 and I played against men who played in the 1930s. I stayed until 1963 playing against men who will be playing in the 1970s. So I think I can feel qualified to say that baseball really was a great game, and baseball is really a great game, and baseball will always be a great game.

Great Men Baseball Game Think Feel

The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff.

Great Book Bar High Pretty Stuff

I don't believe Wikipedia about anything. I don't go there for anything but keywords.

Believe Go Anything Wikipedia About

I watch a lot of sports. One of the reasons I watch is to see how these guys handle pressure, how they respond to situations.

Sports Pressure See Respond Watch

Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and selling companies. That's not management, that's deal making. Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession.

Clayton M. Christensen

Opportunity People Management Better

Connecting with your fans in that way is just the coolest thing, because I am very fortunate that my fans let me be very open on my social media - never really judge me for that or anything.

Social Media I Am Me Judge Media

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness.

William Graham Sumner

Nature Fitness Process She Him Just

Bad actors try to cry, and good actors try not to. Bad actors try to laugh, and good actors try not to.

Good Laugh Bad Cry Try Good Actors

In 1976, Rastafarians were one of the most violated, persecuted groups in Jamaica. They could be beaten within an inch of their lives, or detained for two years, just for being found in a 'proper' neighbourhood.

Two Years Within Jamaica Inch Just

I'm not into political gamesmanship.

What is it like to fall asleep? What happens? Where do we go? Why don't we remember? Since childhood most of us have wondered about the mystery of sleep.

Childhood Sleep Remember Mystery Go

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