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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
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Eddie Izzard
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 7
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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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That's no good, I can't steal from the fairly well off and give to the moderately impoverished! That's not gonna swing, is it?
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America is the new Roman Empire. Remember what happened to Rome.
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I don't subscribe to the theory that all politicians are crap. I think the 'cool people' often take that position.
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Honey bees are amazing creatures. I mean, think about it, do earwigs make chutney?
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I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.
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If you've never seen an elephant ski, then you've never been on acid.
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Scrabble was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia.
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You're gay, you sell books... you probably shag the books.
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You have the American dream! The dream is to be born in a gutter and grow up, and then get all the money in the world and stick it in your ears and go THBBBBBT.
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