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When I was a nurse I never had much money, and I was still happy then.

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Jo Brand
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 3
Actor
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Nurse
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Stand-Up Comedian
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Wandsworth Town
Josephine Grace Brand
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My mum and my husband are from Irish backgrounds so we have a lot of potatoes. Chips, mashed, boiled, new potatoes, I love them all. Even the slightly wanky ones like Duchess potatoes that go up in a little spiral.
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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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Having children is fab. They keep me young and make me get up in the morning.
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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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They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, they just don't fancy it any more.
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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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Having done a normal job for 10 years, as a psychiatric nurse dealing with emergencies, I know what terrible, hopeless lives some people have. So in many ways, it's great to be able to wield the financial power that I can, and do gigs, fundraisers or give money. I feel lucky I can help out.
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You know it's time for a New Year's resolution to lose weight when you step on a talking scale and it says, One at a time, please.
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I just don't like travelling very much.
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My ex-boyfriend can round last night, which was weird because I didn't know he was in a coma.
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I'm a Luddite with computers, and I'm slightly worried about being hacked as well.
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With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to go shopping is way down the list. It is something I do intend to get.
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I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don't think I'd be a comic now if it hadn't been for that.
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Privatisation splits hospital services into increasingly small packages.
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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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And I also felt that no one in an audience could abuse me worse than the sort of abuse I had had at work as a psychiatric nurse.
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I have such admiration for single mothers. I simply don't comprehend how you'd cope with that intensity, the lack of breaks, ever, on your own.
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I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is doing a good job, which is what I hope I'm doing.
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I'd love to live in Kent but it's all a question of work.
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