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One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.
Michael Palin
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Michael Palin
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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Michael Edward Palin
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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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I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many people. And the great majority of people I meet are decent people, just trying to navigate their way through the world without causing too much trouble.
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It's not an easy option. The essence of travel is letting go of habit and prejudice and relishing the unfamiliar. Food you've never eaten before, a language you've never spoken before, religion that mystifies, customs that confuse, politics that perplex, all question everyday assumptions about how you live your life.
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I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start.
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I saw novelists as being admirable people and I thought... I thought... maybe, one day, I could be one of them.
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