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But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together. ↗

I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it. ↗

— Paul Merton

#before #bit #business #doing #i

When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. ↗

— Paul Merton

#books #comedy #generations #history #humour

I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was. ↗

— George Michael

#growing #growing up #i #sexuality #spent

I've never done anything so political before. I've spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never really had the confidence to express my views in a song. ↗

— George Michael

#anything #before #confidence #dinner #done

The biggest novelty of 2013 will be new leadership in China. Very little is known about the views of the new leaders - who will rule the country for ten years. But we do know they're the first generation of Chinese leaders who have spent the majority of their lives in a China 'opening up' to the rest of the world. ↗

— David Miliband

#biggest #china #chinese #country #first

I spent as much time writing proposals in '98 and '99 as I did writing scripts. ↗

— Mark Millar

#i #much #proposals #scripts #spent

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke. ↗

— Spike Milligan

#i #joke #laughing #many #me

And I spent that time working as an insurance adjuster and going to law school in the evening, and then when I left law school, I joined the Department of Justice in Washington. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#evening #going #i #insurance #joined

I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#heroes #hollywood #i #movie #several