Michael Palin I got my first lifetime achievement award years ago, and I was very excited, but then I got a sense of: Well, can one get a second lifetime award? – Michael Palin Achievement Quotes Award Quotes Excited Quotes Lifetime Quotes Sense Quotes There are people who travel because they want to push themselves to physical limits, people who walk across deserts or cycle across the Antarctic – like Ranulph Fiennes, who just does it because it’s there. And then there are people like me, who are just genuinely curious about the world. Travelling, and being paid for it, is just great.
Da Brat I used to be insecure and cover my mouth because I felt like my teeth were too big or I was embarrassed that I might say something stupid. – Da Brat
Margaret MacMillan By the start of August 1914, it was dawning on the British that a major war was about to break out on mainland Europe. Public opinion and, crucially, the cabinet was deeply divided on whether to intervene or stay out. – Margaret MacMillan
Bretman Rock I was wearing blush when I was in third grade, so honestly, I just grew up with people who accepted me. – Bretman Rock
Robert Christgau The idea is every time I go to a show, that night or the next morning I write it down in the gig log. Sometimes they’re very scant, sometimes they’re very long. – Robert Christgau
Ozwald Boateng I’m not into street clothes. Don’t understand it. I don’t understand those over-exaggerated jean sizes so they hang off your back… I just don’t understand it. – Ozwald Boateng
Seanan McGuire I am a zombie fan, but all of the zombie stories I’ve enjoyed started when the dead rose and ended three days later with everybody looking exhausted. I was thinking, ‘What happens in 20 years?’ – Seanan McGuire
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