The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
QUOTES OF THE DAY
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I find the harder is Queen Elizabeth because everyone knows what she looks like, everyone knows what she sounds like, everyone has an opinion on whether the casting is right.
Actress Olivia Colman comparing playing Queen Anne and the present Queen in separate productions.
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I remember doing a television show when I worked for TVS. I was in a lift with a man I’d just interviewed. He suddenly jumped me and started snogging me. I asked him what on earth he thought he was doing. But it didn’t seem to shame him into stopping.
Fern Britton recalls an incident early in her TV career.
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Comedy is just funny. It isn’t a cure for anything. It’s not funny because it’s time to be funny. It’s always time to be funny.
Actor Martin Clunes.
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Be under no illusions, we are facing the potential disintegration of the Labour Party and the end of its existence as a serious political force.
Lord Blunkett, former Labour home secretary. “
Expanding belly.
A mishearing of Spandau Ballet which appeared in a TV subtitle.
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Luxury is the ease of a T-shirt in a very expensive dress.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who has just died.