Bob Monkhouse Quotes
I was a born club comic. Radio and TV and stage were fine, but I found my real home in cabaret.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.
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Emilia Clarke has beautiful brunette hair.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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This time all the historical details and things were right. But I'd written it again in third person, and people found it dry. I decided to throw that one away.
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You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever.
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I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it.
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I would love to work with Marion Cotillard... and my sister! I've never worked with Dakota before in a movie. It'd be so cool to be on screen interacting with each other one day. It will happen, I'm just not sure when.
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I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl.
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I was a born club comic. Radio and TV and stage were fine, but I found my real home in cabaret.
