Barry Humphries Quotes

I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!

Barry Humphries

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My mother says I was vaccinated with a phonograph needle. I love to talk. I just love to talk.

Jerry Hunt

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A company can set off in one direction, figures out that it's not the right way to go, and then go in an entirely new direction. Over time, the product or service improves, and the company gets better at executing and delivering.

Andrew Yang

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A lot of stuff people do these days is not mentally challenging.

Michael A. Stackpole

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One of the reasons I started Tzadik, which is my own label, is to keep things in print. I got tired of labels dropping things out of print when they don't sell.

John Zorn

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When we assume that 'normal' people need 'time to heal,' or discourage individuals from making any decisions until a year or more after a loss, as some grief counselors do, we may be giving inappropriate advice. Such advice can cause people who feel ready to move on to wonder if they are hardhearted.

Stephanie Coontz

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Transgender casting is a kind of literalism. It is the same with racial casting. This means that you can now only play Othello if you are black. There is something quite tainted about it. It is a form of racism in itself.

Steven Berkoff

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You can't talk about life without talking about politics. You have to have both. If you're just a political person, you're going to burn out. If you, as an artist, are just focused inward, you're going to eventually be irrelevant.

Robert Adams

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Melatonin levels start to rise around 9 or 10 at night in most people.

Michael W. Young

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Well, one of the things I did was recreate her home in my home.

Debbie Reynolds

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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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I like that, in the mornings, I can wake up, take my dog, and go grab coffee and a bagel, then bring back a box to my wife. I like that. I don't want anything else or need anything. I have a great wife and a great life.

Armie Hammer

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I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.

Phyllis Diller

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