W. C. Fields Quotes
The funniest thing about comedy is that you never know why people laugh. I know what makes them laugh but trying to get your hands on the why of it is like trying to pick an eel out of a tub of water.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.
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I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
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I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one gravity belt and having to get back out of it again. And the moon doesn't have a lot to offer as a resource base.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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If I could wave a magic wand, we would eliminate income tax; we would eliminate corporate tax. We would abolish the IRS, and we could replace all of it with one federal consumption tax.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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Making music is fantastic.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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When it comes to cooking pasta, the first essential is to make sure you have a big enough pot: it needs room to roll in the water while cooking.
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Israel will not divide its land. We're already too small.
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Having grown up as a young Army officer in the Vietnam era, I had an instinctual sort of notion that you have to look very carefully and weigh very carefully what anyone says.
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I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.
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I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young - the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life - and yet, the people who write about books, for the most part, completely ignore children's literature.
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The purpose of business is to make a reasonable return by making products and services that people want and value. If you are not, you are wasting resources.
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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The funniest thing about comedy is that you never know why people laugh. I know what makes them laugh but trying to get your hands on the why of it is like trying to pick an eel out of a tub of water.
