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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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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Pinchas Perry, the director of 'The Chicago 8,' offered me the role of the judge, and he did not know that, 35 years earlier, I'd played a judge in the theater production. So life has its own little twists and turns.
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It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.
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Friday was an important day for Harry and Ron. They finally managed to find their way down to the Great Hall without getting lost once.
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People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.
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I've never really worked on them. Just once in a while one hits me and makes me laugh. My Al Gore was sort of like a gay Gomer Pyle.
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I am a woman, and I am Jewish; I'm a film-maker, and I'm a writer, so you cannot just put me in one box.
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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.
