Eric Idle Quotes
I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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I'm happy to fight anybody.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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I shall always be a priest of love.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
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I don't want to just go out and do song to song to song. I like to create things before the song actually kicks in, little things you do to excite the crowd.
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I'm never really going to be the normal teenager.
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If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time.
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The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.
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Despite (or because of) a free public school system, millions of teenagers enter the work force without marketable skills. So why would anyone expect them to be well paid?
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I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?
