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He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.

Barry Humphries

I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
BARRY HUMPHRIES

Funny Laughing Priceless
Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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Inspirational Sports Pursuit Sports
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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Army Children Parent
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
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 know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
BARRY HUMPHRIES

Body Bother Hair Men Some Women
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
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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Desire Husbands Women
Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
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Beautiful Men Secretary Sex Thing
There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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Comedian Fate Seriously Taken Terrible
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.
BARRY HUMPHRIES

Art Past Point Seductive Song
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.
BARRY HUMPHRIES

Art Past Thinking
If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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Explain Give Up might Satire
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
Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that’s only a recent development.
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Country Funny Humor
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.
BARRY HUMPHRIES

First Lasts Secret

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