The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
BARRY HUMPHRIESIt’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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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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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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I have outlived most of my more athletic contemporaries who jogged, golfed and squashed themselves into coronary occlusion.
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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 love Australia – I think.
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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 was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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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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He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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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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If you can’t laugh at yourself, you may be missing the colossal joke of the century.
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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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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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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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