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It's my manifest destiny to wear a skirt in all countries.
Eddie Izzard
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Eddie Izzard
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 7
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Your eyes flashed fire into my soul. I immediately read the words of Dostoyevsky and Karl Marx, and in the words of Albert Schweitzer, I FANCY YOU!
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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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Animals in the wild are lean, and I think we should be too.
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If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan.
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