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Alexei Sayle

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I'm an intellectual.


— Alexei Sayle


#intellectual

Honestly, sometimes I get really fed up of my subconscious - it's like it's got a mind of its own.


— Alexei Sayle


#fed up #get #got #honestly #i

A lot of those comics can't hold down relationships and they've got no other life apart from performing. They sleep in their Jags and a lot of them can't even talk. All they can do is tell gags.


— Alexei Sayle


#comics #down #even #gags #got

Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift'... they say 'President', we say 'stupid psychopathic git.


— Alexei Sayle


#different ways #elevator #git #lift #president

As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.


— Alexei Sayle


#death #go #grind #something #try

But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder.


— Alexei Sayle


#central #communist #communist party #cults #down

Despite its flaws, Marxism still seems to explain the material world better than anything else.


— Alexei Sayle


#better #despite #else #explain #flaws

Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like ""Brothers in Arms"" and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git.


— Alexei Sayle


#arms #band #brothers #dire #git

Everyone I used to work with is still alive and can afford expensive lawyers.


— Alexei Sayle


#alive #everyone #expensive #i #lawyers

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.


— Alexei Sayle


#fur #gangs #harass #leather #more






About Alexei Sayle






Did you know about Alexei Sayle?

The winning entry to Sayle's story Imitating Katherine Walker was written by freelance writer Arthur Allan. (1982). He has also provided the voice-over for animations including the character Rubbish the Cat in the children's TV series Rubbish King of the Jumble (1992–94).

Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English stand-up comedian actor and author. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007.

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