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Michael Palin Quotes

I want people to know there is more to Somalia than looting and piracy.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

People Know Want More Than Piracy

Occasionally, you get a nice surprise when someone covers your song in an extraordinary way.

Song Surprise Someone You Nice Way

I was writing poetry, and the Mountain Goats was an outgrowth of that.

Mountain Poetry Writing Goats

I believe states should have the right to be the masters of their own elections.

Believe I Believe Right Own Masters

Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.

Technology Potential Side Our Powers

I thoroughly enjoyed working on Enemy of the State. Tony Scott is an important director, and has an amazing ability to express himself, and he doesn't do it in musical terms, he does it in emotional terms. I got along really well with him.

Amazing Enemy Important Director Him

I really have to accept the fact that I'm not a young man anymore, that I've probably taken one lifetime's worth of punishment already, and I really do need to be careful. Certainly I don't want other WWE superstars taking the shots I did. That makes me feel very uncomfortable when I see somebody get hit with an unprotected chair shot.

Man Me Feel Uncomfortable Chair

As soon as I step on that stage, nothing matters. I don't think of it as work. It's just so much fun.

Work Fun Step Think Nothing Matters

I want to be famous everywhere.

Luciano Pavarotti

Famous Want Everywhere

After each book, I get panicky. I don't love the reviews. I don't like going through all that, and you would think that, after almost 40 years of writing, I'd have got the hang of it.

Love Writing Book Think You Years

I had a big fight in my first week in secondary school. There was a kid in the year above who was nasty to me, and we ended up having a scrap. I can remember thinking that there was going to be some serious bloodshed if we didn't stop, so I made a decision to walk away. It was a difficult thing to do, but the most sensible.

Jonathan Stroud

Decision Walk Fight School Me Year

Action films don't speak to me, because that's not my skill set. I also have a lot of stipulations about stories I don't want to perpetuate, ones that bring me down or make me feel like life's not worth living.

Life Me Action Speak Feel Down

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.

Time Tired Cool Thought New Rock

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