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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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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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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The truth is these characters [of Batman story] evolve, and there's a lot of hands in the supporting of these characters. It's great when everybody can know where everything came from. It's important for the legacy of them.
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Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic.
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I'm a lot less serious than people think.
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I like to think that images of people doing amazing things may open people's eyes to the human potential, to the idea that people can do the extraordinary when they set their minds to it.
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Sometimes I think I should just buy a blow-up party doll. Same level of intelligence, plastic, and full of air. The problem is, I'd probably fall in love.
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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?
