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We will now sing forth, hymn ...

We will now sing forth, hymn 405, 'Oh God, what on earth is my hairdo all about?

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

Scrabble was invented by Nazi...

Scrabble was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia.

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

I wear whatever I want whenev...

I wear whatever I want whenever I want. I don't call it drag; I don't even call it cross-dressing. It's just wearing a dress.

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

Puberty is the sickest joke G...

Puberty is the sickest joke God plays on us. So you're just noticing members of the sex: "Girls girls, ooo". Naturally you want to look your best, and God says "No! You will look the worst you've ever looked in your life!"

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

Racist people, interestingly,...

Racist people, interestingly, are never as polite as smokers. Have you noticed that? Smokers always go, "Do you mind if I smoke? Oh, you do? Okay, I'll go outside and have a cigarette."

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They’re not women’s clothes. ...

They’re not women’s clothes. They’re my clothes. I bought them.

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

The Death Star is just full o...

The Death Star is just full of British actors opening doors and going,Oh... I... oh... What is it Lieutenant Sebastian? It's just the Rebels, sir... they're here. My God, man! Do they want tea? No, I think they're after something a bit more than that, sir. I don't know what it is, but they've brought a flag. Damn, that's dash cunning of them.

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

If you can be your own force ...

If you can be your own force of nature and have a positive heart, then you can actually do something good in the world.

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

Before birds get sucked into ...

Before birds get sucked into jet engines, do they ever think, Is that Rod Stewart in first class?

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Comedy is like a very cokey, ...

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.

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I don't believe in God. I bel...

I don't believe in God. I believe gods and devils are within us. It's our own battle. Our life's battle is to appeal to the gods within us, and to fight the devils within us.

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

I appreciate your applause, b...

I appreciate your applause, but I don't do it for applause. I do it for cash, it's much better.

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

In stand-up it really helps t...

In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up.

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I'm quite good at taking in i...

I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts.

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

I try to just talk about huma...

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

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MAC gave me 55 lipsticks to t...

MAC gave me 55 lipsticks to test. These are the same lipsticks I got caught stealing by the police when I was 15. How ironic.

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

I use a Bruce Lee technique: ...

I use a Bruce Lee technique: 'The way of no way.' He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he had to fight, he could improvise anything. The best way of starting a gig is just to not think of anything - to clear your mind, not in an empty Zen state, but more just to go on and see where you go.

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If there is a God, his plan i...

If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan.

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Well, comedy is a great weapo...

Well, comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

There was no religion in my l...

There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?

Eddie Izzard 178 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....