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Michael Palin
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
Actor
Comedian
Diarist
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Singer
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Broomhill & Sharrow Vale Ward
Michael Edward Palin
Sir Michael Edward Palin
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People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract.
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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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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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People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.
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There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.
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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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Once the travel bug bites, there is no known antidote.
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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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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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Geography is the subject which holds the key to our future
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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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Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life
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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 am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.
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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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The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.
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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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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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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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