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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.

Barry Humphries

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
If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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Explain Give Up might Satire
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
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
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
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
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
The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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Defend Matter Spoken Truth
I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Funny Laughing Priceless
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
There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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Comedian Fate Seriously Taken Terrible
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

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