Eddie Izzard Quotes - Page 3

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• If you think about determination, if people have a heart and are determined, they can get to that place. But there are a lot of negative people who were enormously determined. All the Nazis were determined. They wanted to murder everyone. Everyone with a bad heart, who doesn't care about people, I wish they hadn't started.

  Eddie Izzard

  Determination, Heart, Thinking

  "I Believe That Eddie Izzard Is Our Future". Interview with Ali MacLean, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2010.

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• It's a historical thing, up to the 19th century the English hated the French. Then in the 20th century the English started to hate the Germans - as we began to move alphabetically through the map of the world. Now, the year 2000, we are fine with the Germans... but the Hungarians are pissing us off.

  Eddie Izzard

  Hate, Moving, Years

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• The National Rifle Association says, 'Guns don't kill people. People do'. But I think the gun helps.

  Eddie Izzard

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Gun

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• Comedy is like a very cokey, druggy sugar. You get hits of comedy, and it's very, "More, give me more of that stuff," because serotonin is being released in the brain. So it's basically, everyone becomes serotonin junkies, and we are serotonin dealers. And that's what being a comedian is about.

  Eddie Izzard

  Giving, Comedian, Brain

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. September 11, 2007.

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• I'm working on a speed boat at the moment. Much more exciting. It'll really kick ass, give great photographs for the people in Bible.

  Eddie Izzard

  People, Giving, Kick Ass

  "Eddie Izzard: Glorious". Documentary, Comedy, 1997.

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• I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.

  Eddie Izzard

  Comedy, Dies

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• So in Europe, we had empires. Everyone had them - France and Spain and Britain and Turkey! The Ottoman Empire, full of furniture for some reason. And the Austro-Hungarian Empire, famous for
  f-k all! Yes, all they did was slowly collapse like a flan in a cupboard.

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  Europe, Turkeys, Empires

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• We must have been hunters and gatherers but some of us were just waiters and hopers.

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  Hunters, Waiter, Has Beens

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• I did bronze survival swimming. I could save people in a bronzey kind of way.

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  Swimming, People, Survival

  "Eddie Izzard: Unrepeatable". www.imdb.com. 1994.

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• We have two hundred languages in Europe. Two hundred languages! Count them! I know you won't!

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  Europe, Two, Language

  "Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• Some people are widely read. I'm thinly read.

  Eddie Izzard

  People

  "Eddie Izzard: Unrepeatable". www.imdb.com. 1994.

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• They say the Universe started with a big bang. I hope everybody stood well back.

  Eddie Izzard

  Bangs, Bigs, Wells

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• When I first came out, I thought, I want to walk like a real woman, I don't want to do mincing steps. And there was some girl I saw walking up Holloway Road in Islington who had this long languid walk and I thought, that's what I like, so I incorporated her walk into mine.

  Eddie Izzard

  Girl, Real, Long

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Because that's what narcissism is all about; looking in the mirror everyday and thinking 'Damn, I'd like to shag myself.'

  Eddie Izzard

  Thinking, Mirrors, Everyday

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• I saw something in a program on something in Miami, and they were saying, "We've redecorated this building to how it looked over 50 years ago!" And people were going, "No, surely not, no. No one was alive then."

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  Fake People, Years, Alive

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• I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.

  Eddie Izzard

  Thinking, Trying, Stories

  "I'm just a bloke talking crap". Interview with Chris Wiegand, www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2008.

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• I am a professional transvestite, so I can run about in heels and not fall over.

  Eddie Izzard

  Running, Fall, Causes

  "Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill", www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• They say that 'Guns don't kill people, people kill people.' Well I think the gun helps. If you just stood there and yelled BANG, I don't think you'd kill too many people.

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  Gun, Thinking, People

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• I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.

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  Believe, People, Just Believe

  "Straight talking" by Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. December 1, 2008.

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• Well, if you don't have a flag, then you can't have a country. Those are the rules... that I just made up!

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  Country, Flags, Made

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• If you're choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, 'Heimlich maneuver,' and all will be well. Trouble is, it's difficult to say 'Heimlich maneuver' when you're choking to death.

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  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Magic

  "Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill". www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!

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  Native American, Government, Years

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• I want to live till I die. No more, no less.

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  Want, Dies

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• In the UK a lot of people don't like to try. There's a different cultural thing. Here [in USA] if you try and fail, you get up again and start again and keep going. People respect you for it. Even if you keep failing, they respect the tenacity.

  Eddie Izzard

  Usa, People, Trying

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Sharks are just evil bastards. I'm quite happy if all the sharks just went, because they eat fish and us. And we need the fish.

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  Sharks, Evil, Environmental

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