Eric Idle Quotes
Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.
Quotes to Explore
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We overvalue the arts in relation to the sciences.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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The trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together.
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Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
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I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.
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That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
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I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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I'm ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I'm really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
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I am joining the hundreds of thousands who shall be marching in the Virtual March on Washington to Stop Global Warming in order to demonstrate the concern that we all hold for the future of our planet and all the living things - flora, fauna, human and animal - that exist upon it.
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What you learn is that you can't please everyone all the time.
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Of course, I will continue acting. I just need to dispel the Telugu and Tamil cinema's insecurities about married actresses. I don't know about others. But I am not going anywhere after marriage.
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When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.
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The greatest power is often simple patience.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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I cannot think of permanent enmity between man and man.
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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
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I'm a softball player. I'm a soccer player. I played tennis every day. I love being outside.
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Justice means that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.
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Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.
