Barry Humphries Quotes
I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them.Barry Humphries
Quotes to Explore
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
Felix Dennis -
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Saint Augustine -
The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
Walter Salles -
I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
Taylor Caldwell -
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
Ovid -
Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
Karl Kraus
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
Naomi Scott -
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
Abraham Lincoln -
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
Samuel Butler -
Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan.
D. A. Pennebaker -
I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
Orlando Bloom -
But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
Beatrice Wood
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
Gautam Adani -
We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
Earl Warren -
I love bayou life.
Parker Posey -
The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.
Jack Buck -
I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
Orlando Bloom -
All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
Sally Ride
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Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.
Lao Tzu -
Modeling is a job. Even my mum doesn't believe that I do work hard.
Kate Moss -
I love Italian, Mexican, Thai. Something spicy.
Peggy Whitson -
Often I used my gut instinct to ask the questions and get the answers I thought the audience wanted to hear. Sometimes the interviewees said things that surprised even them.
Phyllis George -
People are surprised by the poverty and think that I wasn't cared for. But that wasn't the case - I was deeply loved.
Liz Murray -
I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them.
Barry Humphries