"When I turned about 12 or 13, I……" — Paul Merton
"When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them."
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27 Quotes by Paul Merton
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On my first day in New York a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I…
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I really don't take any interest at all in contemporary comedy.
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I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour.
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And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh.
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I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian.
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I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and…
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I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place.
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I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity…
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I was trying to organise my DVDs into a sort of chronological order, and I am afraid that it all…
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In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it.
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My favourite riposte to a heckle is to say, 'Excuse me, I'm trying to work here. How would you like…
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It seems like a contradiction, but the shy person who is a performer actually does make sense, because in a…
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More Creating Quotes
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I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating…
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Research is creating new knowledge.
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Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.
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You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into…
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I really have created a family. I work with the people I love, I travel with them, I make films…
— Drew Barrymore
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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which…
— Warren G. Bennis
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To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
— Henri Bergson
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Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of…
— Jello Biafra
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Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.
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And I think the more money you put in people's hands, the more they will spend. And if they don't…
— Michael Bloomberg
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so…
— Niels Bohr
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Designers don't put out the same sweater every year. They just keep creating.
— Elayne Boosler
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