New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
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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I have outlived most of my more athletic contemporaries who jogged, golfed and squashed themselves into coronary occlusion.
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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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I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
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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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The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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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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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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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’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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Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that’s only a recent development.
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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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He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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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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