Michael Palin Quotes

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It's not a model if it's full-size. It's a ice-breaker!

Michael Palin
I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.

Michael Palin
There are many ways of seeing the world. You can hang upside down from a meteor, volunteer to be the fourth stage of a three-stage rocket, or simply get in a balloon and keep going. But if it's sheer, unadulterated discomfort you're looking for, just stay on land.

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My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy.

Michael Palin
The use of the word "just" by an Australian means that whatever it is you have to do, it will not be easy, as in "Just pull that sword out of the stone" or "Just split that atom."

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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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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.

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Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people. Cries of They're evil, let's get 'em or The infidels must die sound frightening, but they're desperately empty of argument and understanding. They're the rallying cries of prejudice, the call to arms of those who find it easier to hate than admit they might be not be right about everything.
Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.

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Travel, at its best, is a process of continually conquering disbelief.

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Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.

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I wish them a long and happy life. If it's as long as their wedding, I'm sure they'll be fine.

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A good day's filming at last... John Horton's rabbit effects are superb. A really vicious white rabbit, which bites Sir Bor's head off. Much of the ground lost over the week is made up. We listen to the Cup Final in between fighting the rabbit — Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0.

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Tomkinson: What are these?
Mother: Shoe trees, dear...

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The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

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One of the difficult things of so much travelling is to say goodbye.

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Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible things like mowing lawns and digging gardens.

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