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No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.
Eric Idle
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Eric Idle
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
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The next step will be for the colonists on Mars to throw off the hand of the United States. There will be this wonderful historical irony. When the people on Mars write a declaration of independence saying, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident...', the US will be rather pissed off.
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