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As people, we're generally optimistic, no matter how disabled our lives are, and we find the humor in the darkest situations.
- John Wells
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Humor is rare in science fiction... there's so little of it that it automatically reminds you of other heroes with that acerbic humor when you find it.
- John Scalzi
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The line between humor and bad taste is your audience, in which some people will find everything offensive, and some people will find nothing offensive, but the truth is that most humor originates in what would be called bad taste.
- Robert Mankoff
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Humor is the most precious gift I can give to my reader, a reminder that the world is not such a terribly serious place. There is more than video games and drugs and nuclear threats; there is laughter, and there is hope.
- James Howe
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Our first show, 'A Little Nightmare Music,' encompasses a lot of zany humor with beautiful classical music.
- Aleksey Igudesman
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We are fans of Mozart and Beethoven, as well 'South Park' and Borat. We believe that we can attract many people who eschew the serious ambiance of concert halls and don't go to classical music concerts because of such reasons. However, there is a 'serious humor' on the stage: funny and ridiculous. That is important!
- Aleksey Igudesman
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I like working on stories where I can explore the darker corners of childhood without illustrations but with humor.
- Kate Klise
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I don't feel any need to play the role of the clown. In my private life I take a break from humor.
- Gad Elmaleh
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There's such a rich history in 'SNL' of political humor, and I think audience members expect that from us.
- Sasheer Zamata
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I call it predicament humor. You don't do anything that cuts the star off at the knees or worse. You make him intelligent; you give him great ideas and great things to do.
- Glen A. Larson
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I think coming from a big family, it helps you to keep your sense of humor about certain things... even politics.
- Jean Kennedy Smith
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I think very long and hard about every possibly offensive joke I want to make. I really hate mean humor and would hate to make anyone reading my jokes feel truly bad.
- Megan Amram
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I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.
- Gordon Gee
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I wrote a show - just as a joke, actually - and called it 'Bipolar, Bath, & Beyond,' just to bring some humor to it. I wasn't saying to myself that I'll 'come out' with it - I didn't think there was anything to 'come out' with - I was just writing another one-woman show about my life.
- Jenifer Lewis
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Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder.
- Russell Baker
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People probably perceive me as a bit boring because I am a little slow in the humor department, but it's just hard for me to get jokes when they're told in English. I am always the last one to get it.
- Yolanda Hadid
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The only way I could get comfortable around people was to make them laugh. I was an obedient girl, and humor was my one form of rebellion. I used comedy to deflect. Like, 'Hey, check out my zit!' - you know, making fun of yourself before someone else has a chance to.
- Tina Fey
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I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus.
- Anne Lamott
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You know, Freud accepted his lot very stoically and very well and with a sense of humor. He aged and died gracefully, and there's a lot to be said for that.
- Viggo Mortensen
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Gamer humor ranges all over the place. What it comes down to is taking a lot of what we see in gaming and we're familiar with in gaming and being like, 'OK, hold on, let's re-examine this for a second. Isn't this funny? Isn't this strange? Isn't this a little bit ridiculous?' That's where it is.
- Freddie Wong
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I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant.
- Walter Isaacson
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I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality.
- Michael Levitt
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President Ford used humor a great deal.
- Robert Orben
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You hear people say, 'We take our Tennessee Williams very seriously. There is no laughter here.' It's full of humor! Not to laugh is a big, bad mistake!
- Ruby Dee
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But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.
- Seth Grahame-Smith
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Humor connects us, especially in politics. It's a way of surprising one another with shared context and experience.
- Jon Lovett
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I'm not just a big-haired redhead country singer who dresses flamboyantly, has this wicked sense of humor and wears rhinestones.
- Naomi Judd
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Since the very beginning, Emeril's had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him.
- Anthony Bourdain
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I've always had a sick sense of humor, and I've always wanted that to permeate the music because I don't take myself seriously. I take the music seriously, but I know I'm not God's gift to anyone except my mom.
- Josh Homme
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Humor is based on the way a man looks at life's ironies, and being a member of a minority group can certainly be ironic.
- Nipsey Russell
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Most of the characters in 'The Little Rascals' were living in poverty, but they decided to focus on the joy of being a kid: the humor, the heart, the resilience.
- Sean Baker
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You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it.
- Kesha
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I've dropped a lot of race humor from my routines, not because I think it is in bad taste, but because I don't want to be guilty of telling old jokes.
- Nipsey Russell
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It's hard to force creativity and humor.
- Al Yankovic
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I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.
- John Zorn
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After spending 460 days as a hostage, I did emerge a fundamentally changed person. But I think, like everyone does as they grow older and probably wiser, I can look back at my earlier life - my history, my mistakes, the joy I felt as a young woman traveling the world - with some objectivity and even some humor.
- Amanda Lindhout
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It felt as if things were literally slipping through my fingers. Things were just streaming away from me. I lost my sense of humor. I'm still looking for that.
- Michelle Williams
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The most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.
- Jonathan Winters
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My paintings capture the humor, zaniness, and depth of the Batman villains as well as the Freudian motivations of Batman as an all-too-human, venerable, and funny vigilante superhero.
- Adam West
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I think it's a brilliant tool to have, not only to have a sense of humor, but to be able to use humor to help one navigate life, and I tend not to be that type of person. I wish I were.
- Delroy Lindo
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I grew up a skinny kid with a funny last name and coke bottle glasses, so I experienced my fair share of bullies. But I learned, with the help of humor and resilience, to never give up.
- John Hickenlooper
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The real important things are kindness and a sense of humor. I've been fortunate to have dated and could have easily married women who have those qualities, and time and circumstances didn't work out. Timing plays a big part.
- Hill Harper
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I used to hear on the radio people like Jack Benny or Bob Hope, but I never had any interest in their type of humor. I thought that I could do something more substantially meaningful with significant, thoughtful, analytical reflections on real life situations.
- Jackie Mason
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I have five boys in the family, and it's constant competition, sport, humor, and practical jokes.
- Mitt Romney
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The New Zealand sense of humor is tough and realistic. Jokes are not surreal; they are about life and death and tough decisions.
- Anthony McCarten
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I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.
- Robert Orben
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
- Vera Farmiga
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If you look back, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven were mixing music and humor all the time.
- Richard Hyung-ki Joo
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I think there's always room for humor, especially when you're talking about really serious issues.
- Jay Asher
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It's always the girl comedy and the guy comedy. It bums me out. You'd think there'd be a progression, from James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron into more subtle humor and behavior and psychology. All these interesting things people can learn about themselves by watching talented writers comment intelligently on someone else's emotional life.
- Parker Posey
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When I'm with other people who inspire my silliness or sense of humor, I'm funny. When I sit down to write, it's hard not to be funny.
- James Howe
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From the very beginning, I started doing music performances with a lot of theatrical aspects to them, where humor was a part of it but not necessarily had to be. Humor is just another tool to make the palette more rich and interesting for myself and eventually for the public. It's a great way to break out of convention.
- Aleksey Igudesman
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I couldn't really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt 'n' vinegar crisps.
- Sam Riley
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The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.
- Robertson Davies
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
- Alan King
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Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar.
- Daniel Woodrell
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Christina Hoff Sommers is a self-identified feminist and registered Democrat with a Ph.D. in philosophy and a wicked sense of humor.
- Bari Weiss
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I love to laugh. A sense of humor is really important.
- Jonathan Scott
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From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.
- Samuel Richardson
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There's humor in everything. There's gotta be humor in everything.
- Amy Sedaris
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I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.
- Moby
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I just have a crazy sense of humor.
- Derrick Lewis
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
- Xun Kuang
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Deadpool was always one of my favorite characters because of the way he handles all kinds of situations. His style and humor make him the perfect antihero.
- Stefan Kapicic
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Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.
- Jesse Ventura
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I was always silly in high school. I used to always get in trouble because I was laughing. I've always thought I was funny but never thought I could use it to make money. In 1996, I decided I was going to use my humor to get on TV to make money.
- Retta
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I inherited my dad's sense of humor and work ethic.
- Sistine Stallone
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There is a real affection for these human beings on these stage that O'Neill really had. Out of that affection comes a lot of humor, which is unexpected when you think of 'The Iceman Cometh.'
- George C. Wolfe
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If somebody is not on the same page with me humor wise, I can't give them that.
- Stephan Pastis
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In high school, you re either a bully, a jock or a nerd, and I somehow tried to jump between camps by using humor. It's amazing how you can blend in with that.
- David Hewlett
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It's funny to see how people react to the project, to read their thoughts, and I wonder aloud, 'Did they even watch the movie? Did they even get it?' I know we, myself and the entire cast, put a lot of heart, love and humor into 'Meet the Peeples'. I'm very proud of that film and what we were able to accomplish.
- Craig Robinson
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I will say that as I get older and calmer and quieter in my own self, the one quality in a woman that I find more and more attractive is kindness. A sense of adventure and humor is important too, but I truly find kindness and consideration for others to be the most attractive thing in anyone.
- Colin Farrell
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Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.
- Maira Kalman
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Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - it's got to be funny.
- Betty White
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He used humor more effectively than any president since Abraham Lincoln. Reagan was not an especially warm person, but he appeared to be. Many people disliked his policies, but almost no one disliked him.
- H. W. Brands
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I've heard too many times where people say that I'm this ultra-serious guy. In truth, I've got an extremely absurd sense of humor. I thrive on the absurd - I love it.
- Phil Anselmo
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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
- James Thurber
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I think empathy is romantic. I think humor is romantic. Kindness is romantic. I think those kind of gestures of caring and love are romantic.
- Michael Buble
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Well, darkness with humor... I'm not an extremely suicidal or sad person.
- Peter Steele
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All the people I looked up to - Roseanne, Tim Allen, and Jerry Seinfeld - were stand-up comedians who used humor to get TV shows. I'm on TV now, and I'm working towards getting my own show.
- Retta
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Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
- John Lithgow
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Humor and family emotions are integral to Telugu cinema.
- Akhil Akkineni
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Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.
- Margaret Cho
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Even conservative columnists tend to prefer humor that isn't fit to print.
- Ross Douthat
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My sense of humor often gets me in trouble.
- Duncan Jones
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As far as how I approach the humor, I think the best comedy is going to happen when I'm myself and act organically to a news item or situation.
- Nikki Glaser
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To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.
- Mike Mills
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When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.
- David Sedaris
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Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable.
- Tom DeLonge
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You don't necessarily equate me with humor!
- Sean Bean
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People are texting and smash into the car in front of them - I think there is some humor in that. And the virtual games. People are playing these virtual games, but they're real - I mean, the people are really playing, but it's not a game.
- Joe Walsh
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Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
- Edward de Bono
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I feel like I don't really have a sense of humor... I don't know if I could characterize it dark or light. I just - I do like humor.
- Sandra Oh
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If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?
- Casey Affleck
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Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
- Jonathan Swift
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If you can understand the humor in the drawing part you'll probably get the humor in the audio part.
- Eric San
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What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!
- Calvin Klein
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Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us.
- Robert Klein
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There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!
- Naomi Watts
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I consider myself a disciple of Norman Lear. And one of the things he did was topic-driven humor.
- Kenya Barris
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