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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When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.
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What people think and believe and plan are all very important, but what they do is the thing that counts most.
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With our evolved busy hands and our evolved busy brains, in an extraordinarily short period of time we've managed to alter the earth with such geologic-forcing effects that we ourselves are forces of nature. Climate change, ocean acidification, the sixth mass extinction of species.
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All in all, I think Kazan is Russia's sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind.
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I would like to see myself with some successful albums, and I'd love to be working with new artists as well as continuing to release my own material. I'd also like to be settled in a lovely place with a lovely partner and gorgeous mini ginger Jess!
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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?
