512 Quotes by Ricky Gervais

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    The essential thing about Bob Hope was he wasn't a winner, but he had a bravado, and he was willing to say now and again he was scared.

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    There was a nobility in poverty when I was growing up. My mom was poor but she was planting roses and she was cleaning the steps, you know what I mean. You didn't feel sorry for yourself.

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    Just looking at all the faces here reminds me of some of the great work that was done this year . . . by cosmetic surgeons.

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    I had great memories of growing up in a working class estate. I remember it being sunny all the time. So we're putting that on screen. It's not people wallowing in degradation.

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    My favourite shows of the year are House of Cards, the Scandinavian versions of The Killing and The Bridge, and my guilty pleasure is everything MMA. Ultimate Fighter is amazing.

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    If your boss is getting you down, look at him through the prongs of a fork and imagine him in jail.

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    Everything you do is autobiographical. Yeah, I grew up in a town called Redding and I had older brothers and sisters so it's all my memories of growing up.

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