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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.

Barry Humphries

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
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
There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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Comedian Fate Seriously Taken Terrible
I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Funny Laughing Priceless
The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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Defend Matter Spoken Truth
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
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
He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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Known Luck Well World
If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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Explain Give Up might Satire
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
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
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
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
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
The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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Best Delightful Live Past Place

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