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To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother.

Barry Humphries

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
The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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Best Delightful Live Past Place
I love Australia – I think.
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Country Emotion Love Thinking
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 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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Comedian People Thinking
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
Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
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Struggle Thick Years
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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First Lasts Secret
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
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
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
Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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Inspirational Sports Pursuit Sports
If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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Explain Give Up might Satire
I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Funny Laughing Priceless
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

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