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It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#appearance #because #compared #famous #gauge

It was Julie Burchill who decreed that, beyond a certain age, a man should not be seen in a leather jacket. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#beyond #certain #certain age #decreed #jacket

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#gig #know #never #not worth it #since

Listening to Chris Moyles on Radio 1 is the most miserable thing any human being can do, but attending awards ceremonies isn't far behind. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#attending #awards #behind #being #ceremonies

My eyebrows could do with a trim. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#eyebrows #trim

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#believes #bits #boring #constructed #few

Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#cent #deserve #funny #funny stuff #jokes

Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#both #entertaining #find #i #illuminating

Only the pun remains. The pun, beloved of Shakespeare, children and tabloid headline-writers, is normally eschewed in the modern, sophisticated circles in which I move. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#children #circles #i #modern #move

Reading the play at home, however fulfilling, can never be the vivacious experience that Shakespeare intended. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#fulfilling #home #however #intended #never