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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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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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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When I started at Ricci, I did street wear for very cool, young girls, but the price point was for the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman next to Carolina Herrera. My cool girls cannot afford it.
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Adapting is a common natural way for people to adapt to their environment.
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In my standup work, I always do these characters, older people who are just off to the side. It's easier to write a story about the guy who made it to the top, but the middle is so much more interesting, so much more murky.
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In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade and bring this category of spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.
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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?
