Ian Mckellen Quotes

The huge difference in my lifetime is that you can just go up to somebody and make a pass. You couldn't do that in the 1950s if you were gay. There were secret handshakes, a secret language. There was nowhere you could go to be romantic outside of people's houses.

Ian Mckellen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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By reading, you learn through others' experiences, generally, a better way to do business, especially in our line of work where the consequences of incompetence are so final for young men.

Jim Mattis

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The strong should always permit the weak and aggrieved to talk, to bluster, and scold without taking offence; and if we had so acted, and exercised proper skill in the management of our affairs, Mexico and ourselves would, by this time, have quietly and peaceably settled all difficulties and been good friends.

John C. Calhoun

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In my 20s, I used to cry about why I wasn't thinner or prettier, but I want to add that I also used to cry about things like, 'I wish my hair would grow faster. I wish I had different shoes...' I was an idiot... It's a decade of tears.

Melissa McCarthy

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I will never ally with Islamophobes and racists. But in the choice between 'community' and Muslim women, I will always choose my sisters.

Mona Eltahawy

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As a rule, bond funds will not double your money overnight.

Louis Navellier

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I think at some point every actor has practiced their acceptance speech while they're having a shower. It's fun.

Jared Harris

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I prefer dark chocolate. I like French over Belgian... Valrhona is the best.

Johnny Iuzzini

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I wish I am born again as Dev Anand, and people will see a young star 25 years later. That will give me some time to finish what I want to do.

Dev Anand

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The euro has become a means by which superior German productivity is able to gain an absolutely unbeatable advantage over the whole eurozone territory.

Boris Johnson

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The film 'Black Orpheus' is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil.

Win Butler

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I am happy being what I am.

Paul Theroux

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There's a clean simplicity to the plotting of 'Sinister,' whether you like it or not. And the scares are deliberate and even heavy-handed in a way. There's not a lot of sophistication or nuance in the plotting and not much restraint in the scares - and that's a part of what makes the movie accessible.

Scott Derrickson

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