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Jo Brand
Jo Brand
British Comedian
Born: Jul 23, 1957
Comedy Good Me People Think You
Related authors: Alexei Sayle Eddie Izzard Eric Morecambe Jack Whitehall John Oliver Stephen Fry Tim Vine Tommy Cooper
Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy. Jo Brand
Madness Comedy Bad Bad Thing Altogether Thing
I don't like doing stand-up, because I don't like standing up. Jo Brand
Like Because Doing Up Standing Standing Up
The way to a man's heart is through his hanky pocket with a breadknife. Jo Brand
Man Heart Way Pocket Through His
I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late. Jo Brand
Too Late Consequences Too Late Consideration Take Never Until Actions Ever
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. Jo Brand
Saying You People Matter Fact Days Lot Get Oh Grandma Granny Used Lucky
Most of us manage the fateful things that happen in our lives the best we can, certainly not to a Stalin-like 20-year plan. Jo Brand
Best Our Our Lives Most Manage Happen Plan Us Certainly Lives Things
Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief. Jo Brand
Women Punk Looking Relief Allowed Feminine Oh Stop
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. Jo Brand
Good People Seen Nurses Types Kind Bad Along Existed Continuum Disengaged Apathetic Hard-Working Competent
My father was an engineer and my mother was a social worker, and they met as young socialists. That probably tells you everything you need to know about my attitude to money - I've never really been bothered about it. Jo Brand
Attitude You Money Mother Engineer Father Met Young Everything Tells About Bothered Never Know Been Social Worker Really Socialists Need
When I was a nurse I never had much money, and I was still happy then. Jo Brand
Happy Money Nurse Never Had Still Then Much
I love everything about books. I love the content, the way they look and even the lovely way they smell. I think a book collection says something about you as a person, and certainly my books are something I'd want to pass on for future generations. Jo Brand
Love Future You Book Smell Think Everything Books Way Says Future Generations Collection About Something Generations Look Content Pass Person Want Lovely Certainly Even
Regular panelists on shows can be terrifying. They own that space, and many guest comics suspect they are favoured in the edit, while their own hilarious jokes end up being ejected into the ether. Jo Brand
Jokes Space Hilarious Own Guest Terrifying Edit Comics End Up Suspect Being While Ether Regular Many Shows
Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying: if someone votes Tory can you like them? And, yes, I can. I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways. We have a tendency to oversimplify things. Jo Brand
Saying Great You Vote People Men Other Say Ways Tory Some Some Men Someone Great People Tendency Likable Attitudes Like Votes Does Yes Friends Mean Them Dismiss Should Appalled Who Many Deeply Things
When I was at school you got an overall general education on many things, even just basic facts. Jo Brand
Education You School General Facts Overall Got Just Many Even Basic Things
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. Jo Brand
You Single Own Admiration Comprehend Simply How Mothers Intensity Lack Breaks Your Ever Cope
I thought I was funny as a kid. I used to play tricks on my brothers - I'd tie a two-shilling piece to a bit of cotton, then pull it away as they went to grab it. Jo Brand
Funny Thought Bit Kid Tricks Brothers Cotton Piece Tie Grab Then Used Away Play Pull
I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving. Jo Brand
Good Man Better Think Rally Could Driving Wished Liked Well Always Very Than Anything
Not many women will go out on a limb to make themselves really unattractive and unfeminine so you can get the laughs, but it's a great thing to do in my book. Jo Brand
Great You Women Book Will Out Laughs Unattractive Great Thing Make Limb Go Get Themselves Really Many Thing
Everyone in comedy thinks if you go to the U.S. you become a global star but, unfortunately, I've always been a bit anti-American - so I never did. Jo Brand
You Comedy Become Everyone Bit Never Global Always Go Been Anti-American Did Unfortunately Star Thinks
I pay a bit more than lip-service to health: I don't eat chips or pre-prepared food, and it might be a comedy sacrilege to admit I do like vegetables, fruit and salad and stuff. Jo Brand
Health Food Fruit Vegetables Comedy Pay Bit Eat Admit More Stuff Like Salad Than Might Chips
What could be funnier than a fat person trying to run a marathon? Jo Brand
Run Could Than Person Trying Marathon Fat Funnier
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. Jo Brand
Health Mental Health Genius Rubbish Fine Fine Line Mental Between Cliches Line Which Many Whole Lunacy Load Associated
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. Jo Brand
People World Rest Back Types Biscuits Eats Puts Opens Go Cupboard Packet Who Whole Two
You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men. Jo Brand
You Comedy Men Mainly Look Quiz Board Across Shows
Everything becomes magnified at night. Sounds travel in a different way, it's dark, and everything seems far more spooky. Jo Brand
Spooky Travel Dark Everything Way Seems More Magnified Becomes Sounds Different Far Different Way Night
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. Jo Brand
You People Ugly Old Down Think Bit Would Wealthy See Martian Smelly Attractive Tall Came Ugly People Were Really Media Thin
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