Curated Quotations

Tim Vine

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  • “So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said ‘Who’s speaking please?’ And a voice said ‘You are.’” -Tim Vine

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  • “I was reading a book… ‘the history of glue’ – I couldn’t put it down.” -Tim Vine

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  • “People ask ‘do you make a conscious effort not to swear?’ – if you’re doing silly stuff you’re not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway.” -Tim Vine

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  • “Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It’s either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it’s Colin.” -Tim Vine

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  • “One of the things I like about when I tour sometimes is that occasionally you’ll see a dad there with his 12-year-old son and they’re both enjoying it.” -Tim Vine

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  • “So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me ‘Can you give me a lift?’ I said ‘Sure, you look great, the world’s your oyster, go for it.”” -Tim Vine

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  • “Black beauty – he’s a dark horse.” -Tim Vine

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