New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
BARRY HUMPHRIESSport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
More Barry Humphries Quotes
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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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I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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I love Australia – I think.
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Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
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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 know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
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He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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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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Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
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The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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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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Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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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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The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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