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" When I was at school you got an overall general education on many things, even just basic facts. "
Jo Brand
Facts
You
School
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" What they did was to make a pilot and it may well go to series at the next festival but I don't have any news on that. It's already been on Paramount actually, but as it's on Paramount it'll probably be on several more times... hopefully. "
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" What could be funnier than a fat person trying to run a marathon? "
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" I don't hold any candle for drama versus comedy. "
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" You don't really see ugly people that are old, or a bit grotty and smelly, in the media. If a Martian came down, they would think we were all tall, thin, attractive and wealthy. "
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" One of the guys that used to run it - for some reason I've no idea why he used to call me the Sea Monster and I was just looking around for a name and thought that'll do. That lasted for a couple of years probably. "
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" I don't like doing stand-up, because I don't like standing up. "
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" We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes like Doc Martens. I'm prepared to put up with that accusation, because at least my feet aren't killing me and I don't look like a bandy ostrich. "
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" I've no interest in fashion, shoes, handbags, or sweaty shopping. "
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Shoes
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" 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 of inaccuracy, value judgment and the use of a crowbar to insert editorial bias that reflects the current political leaning of that particular paper. "
Jo Brand
Value
Reading
Who
" Even nice things don't make you happy when you're tired. "
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Even
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Nice
" It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed, who are unkind, who are a bit rubbish at their job, who are in the wrong career. "
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Career
Stressed
Some
" Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect. "
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Trying
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Christian
" My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a pool. "
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Down
Wild
Swimming
" Having children is fab. They keep me young and make me get up in the morning. "
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Children
Morning
Me
" You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men. "
Jo Brand
You
Board
Comedy
" I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others. "
Jo Brand
Better
Think
Self-Esteem
" I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be. "
Jo Brand
Miserable
Old
Diary
" It's a video release as well so I have to be perfectly honest and go, probably not specifically for DVD, but there are extra bits on it that aren't on anything else, so as exciting as that sounds. "
Jo Brand
Well
Anything
Exciting
" There are two types of people in this world: one who opens a packet of biscuits, has one and puts the rest back in the cupboard, and one who eats the whole packet in one go. "
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Go
Back
World
" So, my style has hopefully changed over the years and it is more relaxed, and I do tend to smile and have more than one expression these days hopefully - which I didn't at the beginning. "
Jo Brand
Expression
Style
Beginning
" Everything becomes magnified at night. Sounds travel in a different way, it's dark, and everything seems far more spooky. "
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Night
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" I have seen good nurses and bad nurses. They existed along a continuum: from hard-working, kind and competent people, to office-hugging, bone-idle types, to apathetic, disengaged automatons. "
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Good
" Anything is good if it's made of chocolate. "
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" There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are, on the whole, a load of rubbish. "
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