#in

In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them. ↗

— Alija Izetbegovic

#active role #although #cards #destiny #great

Animals in the wild are lean, and I think we should be too. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#i think #lean #should #think #too

I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#because #being #between #character #comedy

Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it. ↗

— LL Cool J

#better things #bigger #deadlines #doing #dreams

I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#actor #because #becomes #bottom #bottom line

I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#human #i #i think #just #religion

I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#gaps #gigs #huge #i #i can

I use a Bruce Lee technique: 'The way of no way.' He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he had to fight, he could improvise anything. The best way of starting a gig is just to not think of anything - to clear your mind, not in an empty Zen state, but more just to go on and see where you go. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#best #best way #bruce #bruce lee #clear

I'd be happy to be taken as a woman - and that's what I was initially trying to do when I started throwing on dresses and stuff. But that wasn't going to happen because everyone kept calling me sir. So I thought I'd change the method and just start wearing what I wanted to wear. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#because #calling #change #dresses #everyone

If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#having #his #plan #similar #someone