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

Barry Humphries

Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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Inspirational Sports Pursuit Sports
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
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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Army Children Parent
He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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Known Luck Well World
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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Art Past Point Seductive Song
There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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Comedian Fate Seriously Taken Terrible
Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
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Humor Laughing Memorable
The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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Defend Matter Spoken Truth
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
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
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 was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Funny Laughing Priceless
If you can’t laugh at yourself, you may be missing the colossal joke of the century.
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Century Joke Laughing Missing
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 love Australia – I think.
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Country Emotion Love Thinking
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

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