“ My parents have been married fortytwo years. I wonder how many of those were happy. ”
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“ I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each day used to the full to actually produce something. The end. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
“ As I work in the afternoon on committing to paper some of my morning's thoughts, I find myself just about to close on the knotty question of whether or not I believe in God. In fact I am about to type, 'I do not believe in God', when the sky goes black as ink, there is a thunderclap and a huge crash of thunder and a downpour of epic proportions. I never do complete the sentence. ”
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“ It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really believe in, but once inside I couldn't help a feeling of warmth and security. Outside there were wars and road accidents and murders, striptease clubs and battered babies and frayed tempers and unhappy marriages and people contemplating suicide and bad jokes, but once in St. Martin's there was peace. Surely people go to church not to involve themselves in the world's problems but to escape from them. ”
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“ I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking. ”
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“ I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking. ”
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“ There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe. ”
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“ One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle. ”
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“ I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers. ”
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“ I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through. ”
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“ I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ I remember queuing around the block in Sheffield when I was growing up. At that time, going to the cinema was really something special - there was something about the style of the real thing that is immeasurable nicer than multiplexes. ”
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“ Of course there is a huge in our material welfare, religious upbringing, and things like that. But things like your family, your house, your children's education, your hope for the future, are things that throughout the Muslim world they would share very easily with their counterparts in America. ”
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“ I can't think of anyone who knew how to play comedy better than Ronnie Barker and I count myself enormously fortunate to have known and worked with him. ”
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“ There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe. ”
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“ I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ Of course there is a huge in our material welfare, religious upbringing, and things like that. But things like your family, your house, your children's education, your hope for the future, are things that throughout the Muslim world they would share very easily with their counterparts in America. ”
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“ I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ I can't think of anyone who knew how to play comedy better than Ronnie Barker and I count myself enormously fortunate to have known and worked with him. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ I can't think of anyone who knew how to play comedy better than Ronnie Barker and I count myself enormously fortunate to have known and worked with him. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person. ”
- Michael Palin- Copy
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“ Of course there is a huge in our material welfare, religious upbringing, and things like that. But things like your family, your house, your children's education, your hope for the future, are things that throughout the Muslim world they would share very easily with their counterparts in America. ”
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“ I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers. ”
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