"It was a bizarre existence I led in my early twenties - that cliche of the comedian who goes out and entertains a roomful of people and then goes home to a lonely bedsit was unbelievably poignant for me because that was exactly what I was doing. I had periods of real loneliness."

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Source : "Paul Merton interview: fears of a clown". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2000.

Paul Merton

#Lonely Quotes #Real Quotes #Loneliness Quotes

“There is an overwhelming amount of information available to us all on the web each day, not to mention what is shared with us by our family, friends, fans, and followers. This necessitates the need to filter through all that information and to decide for ourselves where to put our attention.”
“Glamour is not self-conscious; itâ€™s not trying really hard. Itâ€™s just expressing your own truth. I think thatâ€™s what the essence of glamour really isâ€”expressing your uniqueness.”

Source : Kerry Diamond, Kevyn Aucoin (2004). “Kevyn Aucoin a Beautiful Life: The Success, Struggles, and Beauty Secrets of a Legendary Makeup Artist”, p.158, Simon and Schuster
“Donâ€™t look back until youâ€™ve written an entire draft...”
“You can bear anything if it is not your fault.”
“That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one”
“That's going to be the biggest problem, to make people feel like it's cool for them to like my music.”
“My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.”
“Q: What were you thinking when your colleagues were out there making cosmic history? A: I just kept reminding myself that every single component in this spacecraft was provided by the guy who submitted the cheapest tender.”

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