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" It's so important that people know there was a time before the NHS. It makes them appreciate it more. "

Miriam Margolyes

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" Old people have a much better time in India because they're respected. "

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" I'm going to be 75 in May. How can I have lived this long and not know anything? "

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" Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't think that words are their friend in the same way that English actors are used to using words: understanding about consonance and how to shade a vowel to show emotional color. "

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" My vocabulary is vast and expert, and I don't think I overuse any word. "

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" Nobody likes Jews. You can't say people like Jews. We're not popular. We're too smart to be liked. But it has been unacceptable to express anti-Semitism since the Holocaust. "

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" What most infuriates me is the cell phones. If I see someone texting during the show, I walk off the stage. "

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" As long as I am working, I am grateful and happy. "

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" I was terribly upset not to be in 'Dickensian,' so I pretend to look down on it. The part I should have played, Mrs. Gamp, is done brilliantly by Pauline Collins, but I entered this world for no other reason than to play that part. "

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" I believe Jews are compassionate people because of what we've suffered. We must not put that suffering onto others. "

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" What's the difference between herpes and love? Herpes is forever. "

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" I've been very lucky - I've worked consistently, and I haven't had to kiss a lot of people on stage. "

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" Home is wherever I hang my hat. "

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" I support children's charities; I just don't want them around me. It's not very admirable, but it's the truth. "

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" I am not the sort of person who divests myself of everything that came before I came to Australia. I want to take all the knowledge and experiences I gained when I was in England and put it at the service of Australia because I have to bring something to Australia - not just money but myself. "

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" I don't think people realise how important it is to have your blood pressure checked. Stroke is so sudden, so catastrophic. "

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" Glenda Jackson called me an amateur in 1976 when we were in a play, 'The White Devil.' I've never forgiven her. "

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" People seem comfortable with me. And maybe that's got a lot to do with shows like Graham Norton. You just tell it like it is on those programs. "

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" I had a very good kiss from Bob Monkhouse once. I thought, 'If I was straight, I would go for Bob.' "

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" I refused to be filmed getting off a bus twice. The director said, 'I'm an award-winning director. Please do it', and I said, 'I never thought I'd say this, but I'm an award-winning actress with a bad leg, and if your film depends on seeing me get in and out of a bus, we're in trouble.' "

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" I don't care what I look like. I must be comfortable. Some of my friends have plastic surgery and Botox, but I'm not interested in it. "

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" I wish I had a million in the bank. I like round figures. I am a round figure. "

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" Sydney has taken my money, Melbourne has my respect, but Adelaide has taken my heart; I shall return. "

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" My feeling is that the English are naturally anti-Semitic. "

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" Israel is stupid for allowing people to vent their anti-Semitism. "

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" People who were gay were pitied and ridiculed by my parents - they had no modern sense of people being allowed to be who they were. "

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" If I could give my younger self one piece of advice, I would say, 'Lose weight.' "

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" It would be absurd to say I'm not British - you can hear it when I speak. "

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