Jo Brand Quotes

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• I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing.

  Jo Brand

  Exercise, Swimming, People

  "Jo Brand: fat jokes matter". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2011.

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• I took my husband to the hospital yesterday to have 17 stitches out - that'll teach him to buy me a sewing kit for my birthday.

  Jo Brand

  Husband, Yesterday, My Birthday

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• There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.

  Jo Brand

  Males, Female, Social

  "Question time". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2009.

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• I read that book Fat is a Feminist issue, got a bit desperate halfway through and ate it.

  Jo Brand

  Book, Issues, Feminist

  "Jo Brand: fat jokes matter". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2011.

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• My doctor told me I should get out of breath three times a week, so I took up smoking.

  Jo Brand

  Exercise, Doctors, Smoking

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• I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of missing the fact that you might be quite happy now.

  Jo Brand

  Thinking, Years, Missing

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• I must be an anorexic because an anorexic looks in the mirror and sees a fat person.

  Jo Brand

  Mirrors, Looks, Fats

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• Men are fantastic - as a concept.

  Jo Brand

  Men, Fantastic, Concepts

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• The way to a man's heart is through his hanky pocket with a breadknife.

  Jo Brand

  Sex, Food, Heart

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• When I was a nurse my favourite assignment was the anorexic ward. I sometimes ate as many as seventeen dinners

  Jo Brand

  Nurse, Dinner, Sometimes

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• You know it's time for a New Year's resolution to lose weight when you step on a talking scale and it says, "One at a time, please.

  Jo Brand

  New Year, Talking, Years

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• School was great. There were no boys there, which didn't really bother me at the time because I had two brothers, so I was quite pleased not to spend any more time with boys.

  Jo Brand

  Brother, School, Boys

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• I went on the pill when I was 16, put on four stone... so that proved to be a very effective contraceptive.

  Jo Brand

  Pills, Four, Stones

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• 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

  Attitude, Mean, Men

  "Jo Brand: 'National treasure? I'd rather maintain a taint of national disgrace'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.

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• I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is doing a good job, which is what I hope I'm doing.

  Jo Brand

  Jobs, Optimistic, Thinking

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• Fat people are brilliant in bed. If I'm sitting on top of you, who's going to argue?

  Jo Brand

  People, Sitting, Bed

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• I have two brothers and we basically spent our lives playing in the woods, falling in ponds, getting chased by wasps and riding donkeys that we shouldn't have been riding.

  Jo Brand

  Brother, Fall, Two

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• When I was at school you got an overall general education, on many things, even just basic facts.

  Jo Brand

  School, Facts, General Education

  "Jo Brand: 'National treasure? I'd rather maintain a taint of national disgrace'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.

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• When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: "Here comes the bride, all fat and wide." Luckily, it was a few days after the wedding - but it was still hideous to read at a great romantic moment.

  Jo Brand

  Sun, Married, Moments

  "Portrait of the artist: Jo Brand, comedian". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. December 27, 2010.

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• I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

  Jo Brand

  Pieces, Dirt, Humans

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• Having done a normal job for 10 years, as a psychiatric nurse dealing with emergencies, I know what terrible, hopeless lives some people have. So in many ways, it's great to be able to wield the financial power that I can, and do gigs, fundraisers or give money. I feel lucky I can help out.

  Jo Brand

  Jobs, Years, Nurse

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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• My mum always felt that women deserved as much as men, and should have as much power, so I suppose I opted to go into a very male-dominated arena to try and prove that.

  Jo Brand

  Men, Should Have, Trying

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• An overweight guy went to the doctor who advised him to try a keep fit DVD. But the guy said he couldn't be bothered. “Well” suggested the doctor, “try something that leaves you a little short of breath.” So the buy took up smoking.

  Jo Brand

  Doctors, Dvds, Smoking

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• I suspect most politicians feel overwhelmed because people's lives are a real struggle, full of unhappiness, and you would probably feel powerless to do anything about it.

  Jo Brand

  Real, Struggle, People

  "Jo Brand: If the Tories are re-elected in 2015, it could be the end of the NHS" by Rachael Bletchly, www.mirror.co.uk. June 14, 2013.

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• 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

  Thinking, Media, People

  "Sheridan Smith goes BRUNETTE and is barely recognisable as she starts filming movie The More You Ignore Me" by Bethany Minelle, www.mirror.co.uk. November 20, 2016.

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