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113 quotes by Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, voice-over artist, former model and author, who starred in the British television series Absolutely Fabulous as Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, Jam & Jerusalem and Sensitive Skin. In film she has appeared in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) and James and the Giant...
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It's an incredibly difficult thing to bring a giraffe down. They can kill a lion with a single blow from their feet.

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Greece has got something like 1,400 islands. There is so much of Greece you can't know even if you're Greek. It's sprinkled out all... →

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I saved a necklace from the last stage play I did, 'The Lion In Winter,' and some jewellery from 'La Bete,' which I did on Broadway.... →

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I find it a great antidote... lipstick and mirrors and hairspray.

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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... →

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I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen. I am totally hooked.

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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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NASA space scientists have been studying giraffe skin so they can apply what they learn from it to the construction of spacesuits.

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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... →

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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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You can't be vain as an actor. In 'Ab Fab,' we were made up as old women with bald wigs and jowly necks, and we looked fantastic.

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I hate the hand that comes out of a car and just drops litter in the street. I hate that! For some reason, it just fills me with fury! It's just... →

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I switch off lights like a maniac. I drive at reasonable speeds so that I don't waste petrol.

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