Chris Elliott Quotes
I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
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I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.
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I'm not a great one for looking back.
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People love teen movies because everyone can relate.
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I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
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Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well-developed private sector, entrepreneurial class, then central planning is important.
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Getting a family into work, supporting strong relationships, getting parents off drugs and out of debt - all this can do more for a child's well-being than any amount of money in out-of-work benefits.
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Luckily, I don't have to be anybody but Yolanda, because people don't expect me to be anything other than who I am. For an artist, it's a great place to be.
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I'm not really part of any group or clique or gang because that's always been my nature.
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I ain't good looking And my hair ain't curls But my mother she give me something It's going to carry me through this world.
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I always say that a girl never really looks as well as she does on board a steamship, or even a yacht.
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So many I considered, closest to me,turned on a dime and sold me out dutifully,although that knife was chipping away at me,they turned their eyes away and went home to sleep.
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The national Log Cabin Republicans are ridiculous. They’re not conservative at all. I don’t even think they’re gay - they’re bi (partisan). GOProud is comprised of real conservatives who happen to be gay. (Same with the Texas LCRs, for whom I’ve been signing books for years.)
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A new principle cannot be put into effect without bringing with it new mistakes. But we may, however, be convinced that the laws of life - to which belongs the law that suffering follows the misuse of freedom - will finally be able to bring everything within its right limits.
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When you're a child, the most important thing is to be able to live a life of comfort. You want to be sure that the moon goes up at night and the sun comes up in the morning and dad comes home from work.
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The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that the public doesn't like.
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t0 is blockchain-agnostic so, ultimately, we can use anybody's blockchain.
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Remember, I don’t threaten. I don’t play. I always carry firearms. The truly violent are never without them.
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Is it too much to expect from the schools that they train their students not only to interpret but to criticize; that is, to discriminate what is sound from error and falsehood, to suspend judgement if they are not convinced, or to judge with reason if they agree or disagree?
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How is it, that for many of us, being a good Christian is nothing more than being a good person? The entire focus of our faith has been the elimination of sin, which is important but inadequate; rather than the unleashing of a unique, original, extraordinary, wonderfully untamed, faith.
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I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately.
