Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
		
	
	
		
	
	
	
		It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Adlai E. Stevenson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and work on it and see how people react. You don't need Standards & Practices or notes from lawyers or producers to tell you what's funny.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Natasha Leggero
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It may sound funny, but it's true: I tried to put myself through the 12-step program. I didn't want to attend a real meeting; my role didn't really require that, and I feel those meetings are sort of sacred, and they're anonymous for a reason. I tried to deal with some of my love of snacks - and I relapsed a lot.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Octavia Spencer
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				H. L. Mencken
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				T. J. Miller
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		A lot of newspaper columns used to be written in a rat-a-tat-tat, fast-paced style - and they tended to be funny. They were a little relief from the grimmer, grayer parts of the newspaper, and one of the best people at doing this was Will Rogers.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				P. J. O'Rourke
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		For me, I can't watch violence when it's too grotesque, and it's just like, that's revolting to watch. I don't enjoy it. But when it's a Tarantino film, I'm lining up outside the door to see it, and I'm expecting to see something really crazy, a lot of blood, and for it to be funny.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Aaron Taylor-Johnson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
		
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		I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kate Upton
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				P. J. O'Rourke
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Abraham Lincoln
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Jack Black is so funny! On and off screen, like, he would make you laugh every day. He's hilarious.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Caitlin Hale
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Edmund Hillary
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I've been fascinated by the Internet from the very start. In 2001, I had made a funny black-and-white film called 'How to Dance Properly,' a short video of me dancing to a Madonna song. I sent it to 17 of my friends on a Thursday, and by Monday, one million people a day were logging on to view it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ze Frank