Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
BARRY HUMPHRIESI 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.
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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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Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
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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 was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
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If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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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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To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother.
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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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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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The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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The whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the past; that seductive land where we all find certainty and consolation. Nothing quite spans this gulf with such immediacy as the art of popular song.
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The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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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.
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