Wisdom isn’t an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn’t an answer. It’s a question.
BILLY CONNOLLYI’ve always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I’m where I belong.
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
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Never trust people who’ve only got one book.
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I’ve always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I’m where I belong.
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My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
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I’ve never done a comedy club in my life. It’s weird because I don’t have the same background as most comics. I don’t have a history of going up and only doing eight minutes.
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I don’t have wild dogs chasing people with scripts away from my door. I get my share. I’ve done okay. But I usually do independent stuff because that’s mostly what I’m offered.
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I’ve been a poser for f–ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.
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I am totally, absolutely romantic. When I broke up with a girl I would listen to the most heart-breaking music and make it worse. That’s what girls do. I think I am a girl really.
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce – my main thrust was the body and its functions and malfunctions – the absurdity of the thing.
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Outgrew the media… The negativity felt like a disease.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.
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I hate those earnest TV documentaries that are the world according to people with glasses who know better than you.
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It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he’s telling them all different things.
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