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Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.

Barry Humphries

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
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
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
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
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
Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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Inspirational Sports Pursuit Sports
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
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
The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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Best Delightful Live Past Place
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
If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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Explain Give Up might Satire
The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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Defend Matter Spoken Truth
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
Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.
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