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Billy Connolly Quotes

I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: scottish
Birth: November 24, 1942

Topics

Think You Useless Terrible Been

I feel partly American, but I have an ambiguous relation with both America and India, the only two countries I really know. I never feel fully one way or the other.

American Feel America India Know

Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of integrity is based on your word.

Integrity Person Storytelling Being

I had no idea that social networking would be as prominent as it is today. And it's important to understand what that phenomenon is. If you text someone, you get an immediate response; if you e-mail them, you probably never hear from them.

Today Networking Someone You Never

A lot of people have their big dreams and get knocked down and don't have things go their way. And you never give up hope, and you really just hold on to it. Hard work and perserverance. You just keep getting up and getting up, and then you get that breakthrough.

Work Hard Work Never Give Up Dreams

Sitting there clapping and smiling... it's difficult. You're like, 'Don't worry about it, you just double faulted, you just played a really dumb point. Keep positive.' Then more clapping. That would annoy me as a player.

Positive Me Worry Smiling You Dumb

The camera lens or the television camera is still just a proscenium arch. And as a great old character actor once said to me, wherever you're acting, you reach up and take hold of the proscenium arch, and you pull it down around your shoulders.

Character Great Me Camera Acting

Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of.

Stephen Hawking

Life War Thought Earth Risk Out

War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.

Peace War End You Stop Resolutions

At first I was a bit indignant about it, and then I realised, 'No, that's what people want, so that's what is given.' But it's not in your control. It's just what happens to you, and that's what's frightening.

People Control You Want First Just

I actually went to film school, but I didn't like it. I'm basically self-taught.

Judah Friedlander

School Film Like Film School

My family took me to church when I was like 4 years old, and I had to be in a pageant, and I was playing Jesus.

Family Me Church Old Pageant Years

If we stick together as an American people we can bring down the war criminals that are running our country right now.

Together War People American Down

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