Eric Idle Quotes
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Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
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You look in my room and it looks neat enough, but if you dared to look under my bed or in my closet, oh what a mess!
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I became a dancer late and an actor late.
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You will find in me a loyal head of state who is ready listen and understand, warn and advise as well as to defend the public interest at all times.
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What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem?
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I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that.
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Vatican II was a force that seized the mind of the Roman Catholic Church and carried it across centuries from the 13th to the 20th.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push yourself while still upholding the law.
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I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see this one coming up Sixth Avenue - never ask a question the answer to which you do not know.
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I wasn't the most technical player. But I was fast, and if I push the ball past a player, I can get there. Everyone always made fun of me in a good way for that.
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Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty.
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There's such an adrenaline rush for me on stage and having all these people look at you. There's an adrenaline rush from not having things written down, too.
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It's such fun to take a lot of people and create something silly.
