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
BARRY HUMPHRIESI’m an immensely shy and vulnerable woman. My husband has never seen me naked. Nor has he expressed the least desire to do so.
More Barry Humphries Quotes
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If you can’t laugh at yourself, you may be missing the colossal joke of the century.
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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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Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.
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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’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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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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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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I love Australia – I think.
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To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother.
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He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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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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Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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