Billy Connolly Quotes
I like Dali and Magritte. I also like the Scottish artist John Byrne, another surrealist.
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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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The way I work is by infinitely playing a very simple loop over and over, and then I start layering things.
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I love the idea of animation just because it removes the actor from the character, and you can be anything. I've been devouring 'Adventure Time' and 'Archer.' I'd love to get my hands dirty on either of those shows.
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With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless.
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Death in its natural state can be very beautiful. When you think about a body that's died of natural causes - family taking care of it - all of that is very beautiful.
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We've been probably to some degree too successful.
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My first dunk was actually in sixth grade.
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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You can't get dressed without good hair.
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Once you are satisfied with your goal, it is the real happiness.
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I didn't plan on going into show business. Show business picked me. And it's been fun. One of the best things about being in show business is people think they know me, and they feel like they grew up with me.
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The success of 'Kick' will help in the marketing of other small budget independent films I have acted in.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.
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Morality is contraband in war.
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It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.
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There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There's a tremendous liberation on some level.
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I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.
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To write is to forget. Literature is the pleasantest way of ignoring life.
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Well, it's not my fault that you can't manage your money.' You threw away my purse.' I thought it was an enemy.
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The most passionate fans are from India, and I hope that I can motivate more Indians to pursue wrestling - or any athletics, for that matter - and become champions.
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Horror is a part of science fiction. It belongs in the definition of sci-fi.
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Gardening is, apart from having children, the most rewarding thing in life.
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I like Dali and Magritte. I also like the Scottish artist John Byrne, another surrealist.
