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> [It's a bit like laughter in church, something has to be forbidden to make you really laugh, to make you really belly laugh. It's when you shouldn't be laughing. And so, therefore, all the things that are being cancelled out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/it-s-a-bit-like-laughter-in-church-something-has-to-be-forbidden-to/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

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## More by Maureen Lipman

> [I do have opinions. Fortunately, I neither Twitter nor Facebook. My daughter forbids me to go on social media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-do-have-opinions-fortunately-i-neither-twitter-nor-facebook-my/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [A tortoise is, I suppose, a Jewish pet. It knows its place. Out on the lawn. It doesn't bark. It doesn't tear the Dralon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/a-tortoise-is-i-suppose-a-jewish-pet-it-knows-its-place-out-on-the/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [Dad was hopeless with money, even though he ran a business. We lived in a small terrace house and I vividly remember going into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/dad-was-hopeless-with-money-even-though-he-ran-a-business-we-lived-in/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [I've often unwittingly done the wrong thing; most things you mess up in life you do through nerves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-ve-often-unwittingly-done-the-wrong-thing-most-things-you-mess-up/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [My mother, Zelma, was an influence on my career. When I was six or seven I started singing, imitating people like Eartha Kitt, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/my-mother-zelma-was-an-influence-on-my-career-when-i-was-six-or-seven/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [I've never done a drama series, and that's quite a mystery to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-ve-never-done-a-drama-series-and-that-s-quite-a-mystery-to-me/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [I'm full of ideas and general crackling chemistry and I can read the 'score' of a comedy as though it's a musical score.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-m-full-of-ideas-and-general-crackling-chemistry-and-i-can-read-the/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [My whole family was very funny, each in their own way, and you had to be quick to get a word in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/my-whole-family-was-very-funny-each-in-their-own-way-and-you-had-to/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [I'm not looking at anyone on television and thinking: why do I never get those parts?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-m-not-looking-at-anyone-on-television-and-thinking-why-do-i-never/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [Though Maggie Smith and Judi Dench have done all right, there's not a lot of drama work out there for older actresses. And you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/though-maggie-smith-and-judi-dench-have-done-all-right-there-s-not-a/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [Let's teach our daughters, and our sons I suppose: it is possible to say 'no' without rancour, without anger, without emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/let-s-teach-our-daughters-and-our-sons-i-suppose-it-is-possible-to/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [I say yes when I mean no. I've done it all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-say-yes-when-i-mean-no-i-ve-done-it-all-my-life/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [I have decent hair; it's one of the few things I like about me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-have-decent-hair-it-s-one-of-the-few-things-i-like-about-me/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [I drink hot water with lemon juice, a few drops of cider vinegar, a pinch of cayenne and turmeric, and a little maple syrup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-drink-hot-water-with-lemon-juice-a-few-drops-of-cider-vinegar-a/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

> [It's very fortunate to have had two soul mates in one lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/it-s-very-fortunate-to-have-had-two-soul-mates-in-one-lifetime/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

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