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I liked doing live things, and with the Circus we had a live audience.

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Eric Idle
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
Actor
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Erik Idle
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I just believe in a huge universe of billions of miles.
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I believe in the separation of church and planet.
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I think you often learn from failure. Success just teaches you how great you were, but in fact it's knowing what will fail that will help you to make the right choices.
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Learn to trust yourself. That's very vital. ... Just stand with yourself. Remember, in his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only two paintings. I personally sold even fewer.
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