"Do I wake up every day and thank……" — Robert Webb
"Do I wake up every day and thank God that I live in 21st-century Britain? Of course not. But from time to time, I recognise it as an unfathomable privilege."
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24 Quotes by Robert Webb
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I grew up watching British comedy on TV, really.
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Basically I try not to knock other comedians.
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To do comedy, you have to be a pretty good actor to start with.
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My first proper kiss was from Cara Shucksmith when I was 13 or 14 at her birthday party.
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We call ourselves comedy writer-performers, and that encompasses everything, and I certainly have a very open mind about it.
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We got our revolution out of the way long before the French and the Americans. The monarchy was restored, but…
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When the Mac ad campaign was in full swing, I quickened my pace as I went past certain bus stops.…
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Feminism is an attack on social practices and habits of thought that keep women and men boxed into gender roles…
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It should go without saying that there are as many working-class people who hold socially liberal views as there are…
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We think; therefore, we often talk rubbish.
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My childhood was as heavily gendered as any you would find in a working-class household in Lincolnshire.
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Slow, skinny, and an utter countryside coward: I lived in dread of nettles, spiders, and the very sound of a…
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