Well, the film’s not only pricking the pomposity of the Church, it’s pricking the pomposity, and sometimes you would think fraudulence, of the insurance companies.
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More Billy Connolly Quotes
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Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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I’m a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world’s a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they’re delightful. They all want so little.
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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
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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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There’s one of a figure with two heads that somebody thought must be a comment on the state of matrimony. None of it is a comment on anything.
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Life is supposed to be fun. It’s not a job or occupation. We’re here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.
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I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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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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Don’t tell me how to do my job. I don’t come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?
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The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.
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I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.
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I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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American sex shops are the most bizarre. They sell these inflatable dolls, but they also sell just the head — supposedly for people to drive along the highway with.
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