I love Australia – I think.
BARRY HUMPHRIESTo live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother.
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I love Australia – I think.
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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
BARRY HUMPHRIESMost of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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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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Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
BARRY HUMPHRIESSex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
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If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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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.
BARRY HUMPHRIESMy 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 know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
BARRY HUMPHRIESI know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
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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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Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
BARRY HUMPHRIESNever be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
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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.
BARRY HUMPHRIESI’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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The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
BARRY HUMPHRIESThe past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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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.
BARRY HUMPHRIESI 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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Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
BARRY HUMPHRIESFriendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
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Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.
BARRY HUMPHRIESEveryone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.
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I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
BARRY HUMPHRIESI was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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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.
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.
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