Michael Palin Quotes

I've always been blessed, or cursed, some might say, with an insatiable curiosity, a desire to find something out about a people and a place. That's where it all begins.

Michael Palin

Recitation: by Male by Female

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PeopleBlessedCuriosityFindPlace

To the timid soul, nothing is possible.

John Bach

SoulNothingPossibleTimid

The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.

John Muir

NatureSpiritualPoetryCivilization

All space exploration is risky. As an astronaut, I had to decide each and every time I went to space whether or not to risk my life for the mission.

John M. Grunsfeld

LifeTimeSpaceMy LifeMission

I don't really care who gets their inspiration from where, it's the end results that count.

Robert Lloyd

CareEndResultsInspirationCount

I was never that much a focus of interest that I became a 'thing' at an earlier point in my career. I'm aware of having become a 'thing' now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure.

Matt Damon

FocusMeCareerNowBecomeNever

All oppression creates a state of war.

Simone de Beauvoir

WarOppressionStateCreates

I think music is supposed to be shared.

Mitski

MusicThinkI ThinkSupposedShared

If you are a responsible scientist, you are going to present your new results in a paper, and maybe if, over time, things are established, and it's prime time for the public to hear about it, then you include it in a book.

Lisa Randall

TimeBookPresentYouResultsNew

Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.

Joyce Maynard

BestMeBelieveExpectationsLong

It's very hard to do that many things at the same time - having to dance and sing and be on a horse with a sword. It does get quite confusing.

Joshua Sasse

TimeDanceHorseSwordHardSame

I love 'Mastermind'. It's touching that people spend so much time learning. I do have quite good general knowledge, but I wouldn't consider going on the show. I also like watching 'Only Connect.'

Diana Rigg

LoveLearningGoodKnowledgeTime

I was at lunch with some friends one day, and we looked down at our table - blond pasta, blond pizza - and then someone joked, 'Blonde salad,' and it stuck.

Chiara Ferragni

DayPizzaLunchFriendsSomeone

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