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In the absence of fear there is little faith.

Michael Palin

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Michael Palin
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
Actor
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Television Actor
Television Presenter
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Michael Edward Palin
Sir Michael Edward Palin
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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 got my first lifetime achievement award years ago, and I was very excited, but then I got a sense of: Well, can one get a second lifetime award?
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The human race should just slow down and think about what it is doing.
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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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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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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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The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.
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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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I remember queuing around the block in Sheffield when I was growing up. At that time, going to the cinema was really something special - there was something about the style of the real thing that is immeasurable nicer than multiplexes.
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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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I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.
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I would love to go to Iran. The island of Madagascar, everyone says is pretty exotic, or the wonderful Namibian desert.
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I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.
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I will die, but not retire.
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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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Once the travel bug bites, there is no known antidote.
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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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Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.
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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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