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Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.

Barry Humphries

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 can’t laugh at yourself, you may be missing the colossal joke of the century.
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Century Joke Laughing Missing
There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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Comedian Fate Seriously Taken Terrible
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
He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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Known Luck Well World
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
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
Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
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Struggle Thick Years
I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Funny Laughing Priceless
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
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
Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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Inspirational Sports Pursuit Sports
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
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
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

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