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Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion – they're two words which are both … different. In spelling.

— Eddie Izzard Live at the Ambassadors (1993)

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If you're going up for a Hollywood film, you'd better stay in boy mode because producers don't have wild imaginations.

I prefer she/her, don’t mind he/him, and I’m going to be relaxed about it. It’s not the time for fighting each other on this.

If you've never seen an elephant ski, then you've never been on acid.

Definite Article (1996)

What I want people to understand is this isn't an act. This is an intrinsic part of who I am. I wear girlie stuff on the street, not just on stage.

Cats have a scam going – you buy the food, they eat the food, they fuck off; that's the deal.

Unrepeatable (1994)

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.

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The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

John Adams A Defence of the Constitutions of Government (1787)

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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