Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.

BARRY HUMPHRIES

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Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.

Barry Humphries

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Bagwalas

Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.

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Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.
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Harbor Pearls
I have outlived most of my more athletic contemporaries who jogged, golfed and squashed themselves into coronary occlusion.

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I have outlived most of my more athletic contemporaries who jogged, golfed and squashed themselves into coronary occlusion.
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Athletic Contemporaries Coronary Golf Occlusion
My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.

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My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.
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Parent
I’m an immensely shy and vulnerable woman. My husband has never seen me naked. Nor has he expressed the least desire to do so.

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I’m an immensely shy and vulnerable woman. My husband has never seen me naked. Nor has he expressed the least desire to do so.
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Husbands
If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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Explain might Satire
I drift along, thinking about the past a great deal. The past is so reliable, so delightful, and the best place to live. I end up there quite often, you know; it’s very comfortable and dependable.
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I’ve decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.I put my family last. Because if you don’t, if you put them first, they never thank you. You’ll never get a word of thanks from them.

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I’ve decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.I put my family last. Because if you don’t, if you put them first, they never thank you. You’ll never get a word of thanks from them.
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First Lasts
Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.

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Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
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Thick Years
I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

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I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Laughing Priceless
Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that’s only a recent development.

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Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that’s only a recent development.
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It’s an old Aboriginal word meaning ‘Let’s get together and have fun’. They gave us the word because they had no further need for it.

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It’s an old Aboriginal word meaning ‘Let’s get together and have fun’. They gave us the word because they had no further need for it.
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Needs Together
The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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Spoken
Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.

BARRY HUMPHRIES

Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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Inspirational Sports
My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven’t met yet. She’s now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia

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My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven’t met yet. She’s now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia
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Mom
There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.

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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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Comedian Seriously Taken
He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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Known Well

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