Barry Humphries Quotes
People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten.
Quotes to Explore
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation.
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I'm not a sun person.
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I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.
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I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movie star hands, but they're just gardening ones. Always slightly grubby and with a bit of dirt under the fingernails.
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In terms of worship, I think we ought to have the right people leading.
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I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian.
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I think we should all have a private audience with Helen Mirren.
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I'm a Christian but only me and the Lord know that for sure.
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People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten.
