I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
BARRY HUMPHRIESNever be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
More Barry Humphries Quotes
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I love Australia – I think.
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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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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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If you can’t laugh at yourself, you may be missing the colossal joke of the century.
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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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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
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I like people who are slightly unhygienic. A little grubbiness isn’t so bad. BO chic it should be called.
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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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He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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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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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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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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Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that’s only a recent development.
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