Billy Connolly Quotes
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I grew up in Germany for a little while, and all my German friends said that Seattle, weather and energy-wise, is a lot like West Germany. It's true.
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The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to the customer and then they adopt the technology. The great thing about 'freemium' and the new way enterprise software is being sold is you get to try it first and then buy it.
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As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.
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It was hard to write or compose... we just had to go back and finish making songs. If we make 20 songs, we'll throw away 10.
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I'm just attracted to the action element of science fiction. It's great to sit in the editing room with the director and sound engineers and to create the feeling where your heart is racing and you're sitting at the edge of your seat and you find yourself holding your breath.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
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Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.
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I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. If I walked into a creative writing class, all I could say to them was 'I tend to make it up as I go along.' I'm not sure that's brilliant advice.
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In Germany, salads are assemblies of ham and mayonnaise, not trendy tossed leaves.
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I believe, even when I'm doing my standup or my acting or whatever I'm doing, I believe in painting pictures.
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Tell me, George, if you had it to do all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?
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Anything could happen. Together, she and Ulysses could change the world. Or something.
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It has nothing to do with dinosaurs. Good taste doesn't go out of style
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8: A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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This is exactly how minds are opened: through honest, frank dialogue. Tears may be shed, but not blood.
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People who live alone always have something on their minds that they would willingly share.
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It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes. It may even lie on the surface; but we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.
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I practice reading all the time. I read everything and having so many scripts to read, which really helps out as well.
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I like America, where believers eddy around each other like currents of air. Even our atheists are devout! To be an American is to be a believer. I don't have much faith in institutions, but I still believe in people.
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The hollowing out of the middle class is a problem common to all Western industrialized economies. Maybe we should work together to solve it.
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Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired four-star general Colin Powell is embracing the issue, now supported by most Americans. Still, a few people, like former First Lady Laura Bush appear to be conflicted.
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I love Los Angeles. It reinvents itself every two days.
