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Ian Mckellen Quotes

When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: english
Birth: May 25, 1939

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Said Two Out Big Here Been

The fact that I tour religiously in the spring, religiously in the fall, and do 125 shows - you can set your watch to that. And you could have set your watch to that in 2000 or 1999, and you can set your watch to it in 2012.

Spring You Fall Watch Your Tour

I think for a lot of so-called post-colonial peoples, there's a feeling of not being quite legitimate, of not being pure enough.

Jessica Hagedorn

Think Enough Feeling Pure Being Lot

Fundamental discoveries can and should be made in industry or academies, but to carry that knowledge forward and to develop a new drug to the market has to depend on the resources of industry.

Knowledge Forward New Depend Carry

There's something suspicious about saying, 'I'm just going to leave my child alone and let her pursue her passions.' You know what? I think most 13-year-olds' passion is sitting in front of the TV, or doing Facebook, or surfing the Internet for hours.

Passion Alone Child Saying Think

I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.

Life Family Great Know Wonderful

Successful people often exude confidence - it's obvious that they believe in themselves and what they're doing. It isn't their success that makes them confident, however. The confidence was there first.

Travis Bradberry

Success Confidence People Believe

With the success of 'Spiderwick,' it's allowed me to be able to have the freedom to really be able to tell the stories that I really wanted to tell, that I've always wanted to tell.

Tony DiTerlizzi

Success Freedom Me Always Tell Able

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

Robert Dale Owen

Respect Decision Evil Boldness Even

The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to present masses of detail of doubtful truth and questionable weight in such a way as to obscure principles.

Work Truth Great Stress Detail Way

During the fall of my junior year, I interned in Intergovernmental Affairs in The White House with a focus on outreach to local elected officials. Although I hated the menial tasks the job required, it gave me a window into the power of local government.

Power Focus Job Government Window

I've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young.

Young Going About Since Ever

Though it is very easy to do valuations, eyeballs and brand prominence surveys, you should never allow any of them to influence the balance sheet.

Balance Influence Brand Easy You

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