Orchestras have often been used to conjure up the natural world: Swans, sharks, trout, but not, as far as I know, the often maligned jellyfish.
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More Bill Bailey Quotes
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I am a confectionery-based existentialist.
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How many amoebas does it take to screw in a light bulb? One, no two! No four! …no eight!
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Not to be confused with the Ukrainian hunting spider, which actually has got a limp and is, as such, completely harmless, and a little bit bitter about the whole thing.
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Why do people want to swim with dolphins? The equivalent would be an Indonesian fellow coming over here, going up to a farmer and saying ‘Can I get in with the cows? I just fancy scuffling about with them.’
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I suppose you could be a member of a terrorist organization in a non-violent way, in the laundry or the catering department.
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I’m English and as such I crave disappointment. That’s why I buy Kinder Surprise.
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There we go, that’s it. I just hold my hand in this position for the next couple of hours.
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I never really thought comedy was a career option, just something I did for fun. Suddenly I realised I was getting paid which was a bonus. I studied for a diploma with the London College of Music, and teaching was something I thought I might do but comedy intervened.
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In Unity there is strength; We can move mountains when we’re united and enjoy life – Without unity we are victims. Stay united.
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Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.
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I feel sorry for James Blunt, he has to wake up every morning and think ‘Oh my God, I’m James Blunt, what have I done?’
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It’s not a beard, it’s an animal I’ve trained to sit very still.
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My wife bought me a vintage Gibson guitar that isn’t just beautiful but has tremendous sentimental value. I have plenty of guitars for live gigs but this is one to treasure.
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So many beautiful things, I cannot possess them all!
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Work hard, save and live within your means.
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Thank God for Darwin, eh?
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Three blokes go into a pub. Something happens. The outcome was hilarious!
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This shed does not contain me.
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But our country’s equivalent of gritty reality is more like “Look out Sarge, he’s got a shooter!”
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The so-called Samaritan squirrel, which takes pity on the spider, and then the spider jumps on it and injects the paralyzing venom, while the squirrel remains bafflingly philosophical about the whole thing.
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If you have enough money to be comfortable it makes life a lot easier and that’s undeniable. But I think happiness is more elusive.
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I once punched a bloke in the face for saying ‘Hawk the Slayer’ was rubbish, when what I should have said ‘Dad, you’re wrong.’
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Yes. Yes, when we live our life like 1950s detective films. I often go to my fridge, “Hullo, we’re out of milk. I say mother, where’s the milk?”
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I’m sort of like a post-modern vegetarian; I eat meat ironically.
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Three women walk into a pub and say, ‘Hooray, we’ve colonised a male-dominated joke format’
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Live comedy’s a very reckless, foolhardy profession. You’re only as good as your last gig so earnings fluctuate.
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