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I like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear those in mind.

Jo Brand

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Jo Brand
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 3
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Stand-Up Comedian
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Wandsworth Town
Josephine Grace Brand
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As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow is that when you get caught out, that proverbial substance really hits the fan.
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Everything becomes magnified at night. Sounds travel in a different way, it's dark, and everything seems far more spooky.
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Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone.
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I must be an anorexic because an anorexic looks in the mirror and sees a fat person.
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I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.
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I used to get a lot of people saying 'Oh, you are such a lucky granny.' But the fact of the matter is you can be a grandma at 35 these days.
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I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there is such a downer on it.
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Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to be given less often to the female of the species.
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Inside every fat person there's a thin person looking to get out - They've just eaten them.
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I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that it's perfectly acceptable to make a comment on your appearance when they don't even know you.
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Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.
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Usually, what people in the public eye do is pick two charities and just exclusively work for them. But that means you have to turn people down all the time, so I try and do something for everyone that asks me, at least once.
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It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.
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School was great. There were no boys there, which didn't really bother me at the time because I had two brothers, so I was quite pleased not to spend any more time with boys.
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Having children is fab. They keep me young and make me get up in the morning.
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Let's face it: I am not a professional runner.
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My doctor told me I should get out of breath three times a week, so I took up smoking.
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I've never been a fan of euphemism.
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I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzheimer's. I'm sure it's not true, but I do believe it.
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I remember when Victoria Wood started to come through, and I thought she was great, though she and I are very different in our approach.
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