Ian Mckellen Quotes

I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.

Ian Mckellen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Dance stories, unlike those in opera, are usually simple.

Robert Gottlieb

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Protestantism became identified with the republican presumption in liberty as an end in itself. This presumption was then reinforced by an unassailable belief in the common sense of the individual.

Stanley Hauerwas

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I wrote a novel in my early twenties; I won a high school prize - my short story got published, and I got 50 dollars, which was a huge deal.

Sue Miller

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I think America loves cooperative black men. I am not against Colin Powell, but I know who he is.

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I'm an American by accent, and I grew up in the States, living there between the age of three and 24.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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If you're put on a set with a lot of people, it's just nice to see everyone working together.

Tom Felton

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Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary critic Northrup Frye, who approached literature with similar archetypal analysis.

Roger Ebert

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There's this idea that when you make a certain amount of money that you should be staying at four-star hotels and taking town cars. And believe me, I will take a town car every day, but there are some things where it's like, 'Is this necessary? Is this important?'

Mary Lambert

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Canada was for me very much Sweden, you know? Very much open people, that they read books, they go see films. I felt at home in Canada. And also, you speak French.

Michael Nyqvist

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A man lets you know who he is by how he treats others.

Mo Williams

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You have to want to be in the company of those you're making films about.

Mira Nair

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I always like to vent and tell the truth in my music.

Jay IDK

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