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I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.
Michael Palin
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Michael Palin
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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Broomhill & Sharrow Vale Ward
Michael Edward Palin
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I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody else. I prefer to find out for myself.
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You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.
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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.
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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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When I'm travelling, I always take my little notebook and scribble things down as I watch them I'm very much geared to everything that's happening. Whereas, the diary I keep is just about a record of a day I've spent. When I'm filming, I'm looking quite intensely at everything I see and trying to get my own eye on what we're going through.
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The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.
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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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My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy.
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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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I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start.
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John Hall, my geography teacher at school inspired me to a lifelong interest in geography and a curiosity about our world which has stayed with me through my life. Geography is a living, breathing subject, constantly adapting itself to change. It is dynamic and relevant. For me geography is a great adventure with a purpose.
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Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.
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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.
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People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.
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When in doubt, resort to animation.
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I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.
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There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.
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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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There is nothing better than playing a scene with John Cleese or Maggie Smith. It's electric. But I don't think I'm the sort of person who needs to have an outer ego in order to produce something. I realised that through the travel programmes.
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If I am seen as successful, it's all the more reason not to change - not to lose track of friends, not to be driven everywhere, not to go and get away from the world. That, to me, is real success: enjoying what you do, but being the same person.
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