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I love Los Angeles. It reinvents itself every two days.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: Angeles Days Every Itself Los Los Angeles Love Two I Love

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I loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: About Absolutely Always Child Delightful Go Japan Lot Loved Place Read Smashing Used Wanted

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The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: America Because Being Built Know Like Love Music New New York Only Only Time Optimism See Style Time Wanted Would York You I Love

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My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: Department Me Parents Pet Take Tell Used Zoo

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I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: Afraid Am Far Imagination Insecurities Myself Nearly Outweigh Securities Think Used I Think I Am

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I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: Amazed Began Better Desert Draw Drawing Got How Islands Just Middle Off Page Quickly Rough Shapes Started Then Those Took Were Within

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I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it's not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and more these days.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: Acting Comedy Days Drawing Find More More And More Myself Performance Still Stuff

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I like Dali and Magritte. I also like the Scottish artist John Byrne, another surrealist.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: Also Another Artist John Like Scottish

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Don't tell me how to do my job. I don't come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: Come How Job Me Sweep Tell Up Workplace You Your

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I loathe hecklers. I haven't got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone. There's an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it's a different venue.

~Billy Connolly

Topics: Circuit Club Come Concert Concert Hall Dear Different Element Gone Good Got Hall Loathe Manners Out Say Should Syllable Tell Ticket Venue You

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Comedian

Born: November 24th, 1942

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