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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.

Barry Humphries

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
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 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
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 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
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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Friendship Funny Mom
The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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Best Delightful Live Past Place
Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
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Struggle Thick Years
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
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
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
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
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
There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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Comedian Fate Seriously Taken Terrible
He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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Known Luck Well World

There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.

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