Silas Weir Mitchell Quotes
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We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.
W. H. Auden
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Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.
Garrison Keillor
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Acting is about going into the space, and there are just some places that I'm not willing to go.
Oprah Winfrey
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I think luck is a great part of it because I think that the particular makeup of the person that you are attracted to, and that you fall in love with, is very important. Even down to that old bromide of a sense of humor and all of that.
Jack Lemmon
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I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor.
Dana Carvey
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In every interview, when they would ask me who should be a judge, I would always say Harry Connick, Jr., so I think I had something to do with him becoming a judge! He has a blunt, dry sense of humor. You never know if he's joking or not, and I think that's going to catch a lot of people by surprise.
Candice Glover
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Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.
Ice Cube
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I've fixed the toilet. And I've been crawling in claustrophobic places... you have to deal with that when you become a homeowner.
J. B. Pritzker
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Daddy was hilarious. He could take the most mundane event and tell it so that we all on the floor laughing. He trained me in the joys of humor.
Karen DeCrow
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Without humor, I cannot go on and I doubt many of my readers would go on either. Humor is so important. I am here to have fun here with my work.
Gary Shteyngart
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I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.
Rainn Wilson
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There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plane for a little bit. I'm like, 'How long is it to get there? Two days on a plane? What? No.'
Eddie Murphy
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With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.
Calvin Trillin
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Global crude oil demand is increasing, particularly in places like China.
Gary Miller Bad Brains
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I tend to like dry humor.
Dan Scanlon
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Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding a serious subject.
Ted Danson
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I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.
Fran Drescher
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Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.
Lana Turner
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Conservative humor is frankly harder than liberal humor. You get points for just being liberal. You can get more points if you make fun of your own side sometimes.
Ted Rall
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Sometimes, humor is the only way we get through the day.
Melina Matsoukas
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In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.
Joyce Brothers
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People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar
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I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace.
Natan Sharansky
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I have always found humor in places where humor wasn't necessarily intended.
Silas Weir Mitchell