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- I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they don't.
- I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.
- I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.
- I'm a Luddite with computers, and I'm slightly worried about being hacked as well.
- I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be…
- Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press knows that, on the whole, there is a huge amount…
- I love everything about books. I love the content, the way they look and even the lovely way they smell. I think a book collection…
- I suspect most politicians feel overwhelmed because people's lives are a real struggle, full of unhappiness, and you would probably feel powerless to do anything…
- I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of myself as the…
- If you're a fat person - and especially if you're a woman - at all stages of your life you'll get abuse for it, so…
- My father was an engineer and my mother was a social worker, and they met as young socialists. That probably tells you everything you need…
- My personal opinion is that you can't be racist towards white people. You can be prejudiced about them, but being prejudiced isn't an illegal act,…
- The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly…
- There are problems with nursing - such as the issue of nurses all having to do degrees these days. But that doesn't mean to say…
- I made a supreme effort not to do that thing that parents do, which is to bore people without children to death by going on…
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- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
- There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. — Paul Auster
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong