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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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Michael Palin
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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Michael Edward Palin
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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.
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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 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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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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One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.
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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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The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.
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People look for patterns in everything. It's what keeps us sane, I suppose. I struggle to see any patterns in my life. I think I can understand depression a bit because of my sister. My own feelings of ... I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is.
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Once the travel bug bites, there is no known antidote.
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I wanted to be an explorer, but gradually found the world had been explored and that there was nowhere left, really. Once they climbed Everest in 1953, when I was 10 years old, I thought, 'Well, that's pretty much it now.' But the idea of travelling and exploring and adventure was very strong.
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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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My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy.
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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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Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.
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I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.
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The human race should just slow down and think about what it is doing.
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In the absence of fear there is little faith.
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Geography is the subject which holds the key to our future
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When in doubt, resort to animation.
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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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