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I have outlived most of my more athletic contemporaries who jogged, golfed and squashed themselves into coronary occlusion.

Barry Humphries

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
There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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Comedian Fate Seriously Taken Terrible
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
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
I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Funny Laughing Priceless
I love Australia – I think.
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Country Emotion Love Thinking
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
Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
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Struggle Thick Years
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
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
New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
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Country Sheep 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
If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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Explain Give Up might Satire
Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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Inspirational Sports Pursuit Sports
The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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Best Delightful Live Past Place

I have outlived most of my more athletic contemporaries who jogged, golfed and squashed themselves into coronary occlusion.

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