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I just keep jogging along, and people seem to like me. And for that I am very grateful.

- Ronnie Corbett

Grateful, Like, Very, Jogging

I have been trapped in some posh toilets, including those in Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, and at Victor Spinetti's memorial at St. Paul's Covent Garden, I got locked in the loo.

- Ronnie Corbett

Some, Palace, Posh, Windsor

We knew what mums, dads, and children would understand and enjoy without resentment. I don't see the requirement to upset people. You're there to entertain and please.

- Ronnie Corbett

Upset, Knew, Entertain, Dads

It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that.

- Ronnie Corbett

Good Manners, Same, Proved, Ronnie

It is all down to 'The Two Ronnies.' Those years with Ronnie Barker were the spine of my career.

- Ronnie Corbett

Career, Spine, Were, Ronnie

I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive.

- Ronnie Corbett

Confidence, Always, False, Aggressive

My first pet at home in Edinburgh was a dog my dad had called Glen. He was a small sheepdog and went with my dad every day to work as manager of a cooking centre, which made the children's lunches for schools.

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Small, Every Day, Dad, Edinburgh

I used to have a theory in my mind that if no serious move had happened before I was 38 - not 40, oddly - then I would move into management or something. Fortunately, I was offered 'The Frost Report' when I was 37, so that was a close thing, too.

- Ronnie Corbett

Used, Before, Had, Report

I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily.

- Ronnie Corbett

Die, Think, I Think, Gaiety

A man can add to his sexuality by being funny, whereas a woman can diminish hers. I don't know why that's the case: it's completely unfair.

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Woman, Being Funny, Add, Whereas

I look forward to doing everything, whether appearing on TV or walking the dog.

- Ronnie Corbett

Doing, Forward, TV, Appearing

David Frost plucked me from the nightclubs.

- Ronnie Corbett

Me, Plucked, David, Frost

Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.

- Ronnie Corbett

Going, Faster, Ever, Maniac

The funny thing about the golf swing is that you try to alter it and end up with the same faults as you've had all your life.

- Ronnie Corbett

Funny Thing, About, Had, All Your Life

My father instilled attention to detail and a sense of duty and responsibility.

- Ronnie Corbett

Father, Responsibility, Instilled

You get fed up watching shows with not much care and love, reality programmes where they put people in a house for a fortnight and film them doing everything, or where participants arrive after lunch and do the programme at six.

- Ronnie Corbett

Love, Lunch, Doing, Fortnight

When I'm stopped in the street, people want to talk about 'The Two Ronnies' and the sketches we did.

- Ronnie Corbett

Street, Want, Stopped, Sketches

I watch the wonderful Dara O'Briain refereeing 'Mock the Week,' where they all compete with each other. I wouldn't be on that. It frightens the life out of me.

- Ronnie Corbett

Week, Compete, Other, Frighten

The really funny moments you notice throughout your life are very seldom generated by one person telling a joke.

- Ronnie Corbett

Very, Telling, Your, Notice

There are many comics around who don't really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some funny angles. But they are not genuinely funny.

- Ronnie Corbett

Thoughts, Some, Angles, Outrageous

What is so good about 'Gavin and Stacey' is that it is very real, Welsh, and well written.

- Ronnie Corbett

Well, Very, About, Welsh

How long does it take to make 'They Think It's All Over?' It's just laughing at each other and thinking, 'Aren't we clever?'

- Ronnie Corbett

Think, Other, Over, Laughing

I don't want to push barriers myself. You go to see Joan Rivers to see barriers being pushed. You watch 'Little Britain' to see barriers being pushed.

- Ronnie Corbett

Rivers, Joan, Britain, Push

In the old days, if you topped the bill one evening, you'd do 22 minutes maximum, and if you overstepped and did 27 one night, you'd get a knock on the door telling you it wasn't acceptable.

- Ronnie Corbett

Door, Telling, Acceptable, Evening

I actually found it very moving how destructive depression is. I was really saddened by this burden people have to handle.

- Ronnie Corbett

People, Handle, Very, Saddened

I suppose to the outside world I do seem slightly obsessed. But I once had a balance problem with my inner ear, and the fear loitered. Yet I have found that golf is like a yoga procedure for me: it's had wonderful, sedative, remedial qualities for my day-to-day life.

- Ronnie Corbett

Yoga, Had, Slightly, Procedure

If I change car, I change car. I don't get very fond of things.

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Change, Car, Very, Fond

Comedy taste changes. It only changes slightly, but there's always a different angle, a different attitude.

- Ronnie Corbett

Comedy, Always, Slightly, Angle

I like to do enough work to keep myself sharp and relevant without trying to be trendy.

- Ronnie Corbett

Relevant, Like, Trendy, Sharp

Dad was a baker, and Mum was tied up with church and the social club.

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Social, Tied, Mum, Baker

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