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I am blessed beyond the realms of blessedness, and easily the greatest pleasure is giving it away

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Joanna Lumley
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 1
Actress
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Joanna Lamond Lumley
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If you're an enthusiast and you love the world like I do, it comes naturally. But I think charity must become more fun to give, more interactive and imaginative.
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My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.
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I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym.
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I think handbags, not so much clothes anymore, but I think you can tell a fashion victim by their handbag.
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Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room.
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I prefer not to eat food that has a face.
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I don't feel like I am 66 at all. I feel more like I am 35. But I have a bus pass so it must be true.
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We transported eight giraffes, and there are now nine because one gave birth to a male shortly afterwards. They carry their pregnancies very well-they all looked the same.
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The Treorchy Male Choir's version of Myfanwy is one of the most glorious things I've ever heard in all my long life. Love and congratulations to you all.
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Theyre not group animals, theyre completely solitary, so if the babys mother is taken away, theres no system of aunts ... their whole system is destroyed.
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I dont think men are that attracted by glamour. I think women are attracted by glamour. I think men are attracted by a sense of friendship.
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I've never felt the constraints of social acceptability.
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They [granddaughters] went to Disneyland and Alice proudly told Snow White: 'My grandmother is a famous atlas!' So that's nice - they're happy that I'm an atlas!
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You must swear never to go on the dole. Never be bored. Find something to do. And don't yawn.
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I've looked forward to being older because you will have that many more miles covered. We mustn't be led into thinking getting old is bad. Growing old is good.
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I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.
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I am now an old lioness, if I see my young ones getting out of order, I've got to be able to say to them this is not how lions behave. This is not right.
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I've got lots of good friends. I could have affairs. I can read a book all night, put the cat on the end of the bed. I can pick up my passport and go to France. I don't have to ask anybody.
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Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.
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I find it a great antidote lipstick and mirrors and hairspray.
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