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by
Eric Idle
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May 2 - December 14, 2019
“Always remember doctors are just ex–medical students.” He was very funny, and odd in a deeply serious way.
Chapman quote
George Harrison once said to me, “If we’d known we were going to be the Beatles we would have tried harder.”
George Harrison quote
called Freedom of Speech. So, while the movie was being pulled from cinemas across America, people would simply drive across state lines. This pattern repeated itself everywhere. Half of the U.K. banned it and the other half flocked to it. Sweden advertised it as the movie so funny that Norwegians weren’t allowed to see it.
Life of Brian viewing
Another acquaintance was a very tall blond-haired man who could often be seen pushing around one of his first inventions—a wheelbarrow with a ball instead of a wheel. He and his lovely wife, Deirdre, and their delightful children were poor and very thin. She taught art and even sold some jewelry to help him build an improbable vacuum cleaner that no one wanted. He was, of course, James Dyson. You have to be completely obsessive to have a house in Provence…
Dyson
Steve Martin, a philosophy graduate, said that life exists so the Universe can experience itself.
Steve Martin quote
Chicago improv theater Second City, and she became friends with John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Joe
“The funny thing about the Universe is, we know where the light comes from but where does the darkness come from?” “The speed of light is 300,000 kilometers a second, but what is the speed of darkness?”
Peter Cook
In any case, it is only after you have achieved fame that you realize that it is a piece of shit.
Fame
Laughter is still the best revenge. One day the sun will die, one day the galaxy will die, one day the entire Universe will die. I’m not feeling too good myself. So, what have I learned over my long and weird life? Well, firstly, that there are two kinds of people, and I don’t much care for either of them. Secondly, when faced with a difficult choice, either way is often best. Thirdly, always leave a party when people begin to play the bongos.
Laughter
