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Ive met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but youre twenty minutes
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"I've met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes"

- Billy Wilder

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This quote by Billy Wilder is a humorous way of stating that somebody is very persistent and tough to deal with. It implies that the individual is so difficult to handle that it would take twenty minutes to break a hardboiled egg, which is a metaphor for the person's hard personality. The quote is also a method of stating that the person has a great deal of experience handling difficult individuals, as they have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in their time. It is a funny method of revealing the idea that the person is really difficult to handle which it would take a lot of effort to get them to change their mind.

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Billy Wilder This quote is written / told by Billy Wilder between June 22, 1906 and March 27, 2002. He was a famous Director from USA. The author also have 25 other quotes.

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