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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

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Michael Palin
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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I'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.
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You don't ask people about the immigration policies of the U.K. or their country's agricultural policy. Instead, you talk to them about the meal they're eating or their family, and from that you get the sense of another human being, someone we can all relate to.
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The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.
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I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.
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Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.
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