Eric Idle Quotes
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.
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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.
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It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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Could today's construction worker married to a clerical worker guarantee four children a college education and buy a house? That's what we're fighting about.
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Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
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In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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They always say, 'Time heals.' But it really doesn't. You just get used to it. I live life with the mentality of 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.' So going forward, anything bad that happens can't be nearly as bad as what happened before.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.
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Wealth is above all an accumulation of possibilities
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Everybody always asks me, 'How much can you bench?' I'm like, 'I don't know. I don't lift weights.' Now that I'm in college, we lift weights every once in a while, but not maxing out. We do things with a weight vest on... That surprises people, too, how strong you can get by just basically lifting your body all the time.
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When I started Facebook from my dorm room in 2004, the idea that my roommates and I talked about all the time was a world that was more open.
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Wearing too much makeup definitely makes my skin worse.
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There's an alternative. There's always a third way, and it's not a combination of the other two ways. It's a different way.
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I'm drawn to things that aren't particularly popular at the time. I don't know why.
