Billy Connolly Quotes
I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.
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I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.'
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There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.
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I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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I'll give it a shot. But I don't know that a year from now I'm going to be here. Nobody does.
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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I think we are intrinsically prone to being irrational and superstitious. A lot of it comes from our fear of the unknown and the fear of a lack of control over our fate.
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Because Mr. Mandela's early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.
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I'm not a super-actorly actor, my-body-is-an-instrument type of person, but I do want to do fun, exciting, interesting things. I have a 2001 PT Cruiser. I saved my money so I can take my time and choose something that I think is great, and that's what I'm waiting for.
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Mainly what I learned from Buddy... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it.
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The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky.
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I fear that I won't work in the theatre again. I'm sad about that. But I won't retire.
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Every girl should be married at least once in her life. It's a must. Because once you have been married, you are a Mrs., and even if the marriage doesn't work out, they can't take that away from you.
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Now I have the voice of a 16-year-old. I'm looking for a doctor who could give me the body of a 16-year-old.
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I am flattered that they think that many people would enjoy my work. I don't approach any genre a different way than I may approach another one. I treat every role I do like a role worthy of applying whatever kind of tactic, process and talent I have.
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The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable.
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The whole issue is that everyone would love to do theater, but it doesn't pay enough, so to do music theater on TV, that's the ultimate dream.
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We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.
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As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up.
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I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.
