British - Comedian | July 23, 1957 -
I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of missing the fact that you might be quite happy now.
Jo Brand
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A lot of people do that kind of nostalgia stuff believing that they were very happy in their teenage years, but that's probably just an illusion.
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I think there's a danger that we're moving towards a state where the people we are expected to admire are almost not human anymore, and I don't like that. I prefer it when someone looks like a nice person, and you think, 'I could have a laugh with them in the pub.'
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I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.
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I've no interest in fashion, shoes, handbags, or sweaty shopping.
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I've never been a fan of euphemism.
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My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.
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I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I was on the tube with a chainsaw looking for any likely candidate.
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I thought I was funny as a kid. I used to play tricks on my brothers - I'd tie a two-shilling piece to a bit of cotton, then pull it away as they went to grab it.
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It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.
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I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don't think I'd be a comic now if it hadn't been for that.
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No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.
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