Jonathan Shapiro Quotes
Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.
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I am, in general, favourable to activism and social movements and hostile to graft and corruption.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.
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Am I old-fashioned? I think I might be. I am a lucky woman, because I was born with a priceless gift... the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Gentrification always makes me laugh. People complain about traffic. Live in Atlanta! You can't have it both ways; you can't live in an incredible city and not expect it to get congested.
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Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.
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My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.
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I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.
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I think some days you should do a cartoon that is absolutely just for the laugh, and some days you should do a cartoon that just punches the reader right in the stomach. It's kind of nice to mix it up.
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Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble.
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I don't want to hear songs about how sunshiny things are. I don't like songs that feel like radio candy... I like the ones that make you think, laugh or cry - they pull some kind of emotion out of you.
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I have invested in four social networks. More than any other. But that's in Russia and Poland.
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There is a significant momentum behind the social Internet. A wide range of public investors were very enthusiastic about that.
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France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken.
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When it comes to acting, I've always had a passion for entertaining and for making people laugh. On the music side, I really want to come out as an artist because I want people to see who I really am... artistically, I tend to be drawn to the darker things. What the music will be able to do is show people that I am an adult now.
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Some of my college friends used to laugh at me. But no one's laughing anymore. Now, they all try to get free underwear.
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I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.
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Sundry manifestations of nature in men and women, are greatly perverted by existing social conventions upheld by both. There are feelings which, under our predatory régime, with its adapted standard of propriety, it is not considered manly to show; but which, contrariwise, are considered admirable in women. Hence repressed manifestations in the one case, and exaggerated manifestations in the other; leading to mistaken estimates.
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It will largely depend on how successful the African governments are in limiting the amounts of second-hand imports and how price-competitive new vehicles can be with their tariffs.
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People are like vines ... We are born and we grow. Like vines, people also need a tree to cling to, to give them support.
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Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.
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Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.
