157 Quotes by Simon Pegg

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    I think we all mistake certain things for happiness. I think we mistake comfort for happiness and we mistake pleasure for happiness, and entertainment for happiness, when really these are just things we use as proxies for our happiness.We use them to cheer us up or try and achieve brief happiness, when really happiness is something much more profound and long lasting and exists within us.

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    If you're sad today, just remember the world is over 4 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie.

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    We suddenly saw how people reacted in the event of massive social upheaval, and the way that the little problems in your life don't go away. You don't stop being frightened of spiders just because the world's blown up.

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    Being a geek means you never have to play it cool about how much you like something.

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    Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it.

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    I think we all mistake certain things for happiness. I think we mistake comfort for happiness and we mistake pleasure for happiness, and entertainment for happiness, when really these are just things we use as proxies for our happiness. We use them to cheer us up or try and achieve brief happiness, when really happiness is something much more profound and long lasting and exists within us.

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    I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack.

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    There's this thing of you can live in a city and be completely alone, not notice anything going on around you.

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    Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn't until the second act.

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