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Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.

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I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.

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I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own.

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I'm not your expert on Africa or animals or whatever. I'm not a travel writer or maker of documentaries. I was someone who doesn't know very much, trying to communicate.

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I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many people. And the great majority of people I meet are decent people, just trying to navigate their way through the world without causing too much trouble.

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I saw novelists as being admirable people and I thought... I thought... maybe, one day, I could be one of them.

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I love reading other people's diaries, especially someone like Virginia Woolf's - such a formidable woman that it's a revelation when she shows you a more vulnerable side of herself.

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The kids growing up is a separate strand to your life. However bad a day you've had, that's the most important thing, and you have to remember that.

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I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.

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I'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Comedian

Born: May 3rd, 1943

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