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Geography is the subject which holds the key to our future

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Michael Palin
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
Actor
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Broomhill & Sharrow Vale Ward
Michael Edward Palin
Sir Michael Edward Palin
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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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In the absence of fear there is little faith.
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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 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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