My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.
BARRY HUMPHRIESI know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
More Barry Humphries Quotes
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I love Australia – I think.
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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 like people who are slightly unhygienic. A little grubbiness isn’t so bad. BO chic it should be called.
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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 have outlived most of my more athletic contemporaries who jogged, golfed and squashed themselves into coronary occlusion.
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Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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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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I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
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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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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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