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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

Barry Humphries

I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don’t feel that kind of terror which traditionally anyone who has to do any public speaking feels. It’s worse for actors, because our livelihood depends on it.
BARRY HUMPHRIES

Comedian People Thinking
New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
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Country Sheep Thinking
Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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Destiny Satire School Someone World
Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
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Humor Laughing Memorable
I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Funny Laughing Priceless
Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.
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Harbor Nature Pearls
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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Art Past Thinking
To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother.
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Mother Night Party
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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Fun Needs Together
I love Australia – I think.
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Country Emotion Love Thinking
I like people who are slightly unhygienic. A little grubbiness isn’t so bad. BO chic it should be called.
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Bad Chic Little People Unhygienic
If you can’t laugh at yourself, you may be missing the colossal joke of the century.
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Century Joke Laughing Missing
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
BARRY HUMPHRIES

Friendship Funny Mom
The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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Defend Matter Spoken Truth
I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
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Body Bother Hair Men Some Women
He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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Known Luck Well World

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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