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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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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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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In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. Given the inequality prevalent in family structures, the woman's right to opt out is suicidal.
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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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Listen to me: a family man is never a real family man. An assassin is never entirely assassin. They play a role, you understand. While a dead man, he is really dead. To be or not to be, right?
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I think the media can definitely show more diversity - different sizes of women, different colours of women, just more diversity in general.
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I never really wanted to base success on charts and chart positioning. For me, it's really about the shows and seeing them grow.
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I went to the butchers to buy a leg of lamb. "Is it Scotch?", I asked. "Why?" the butcher said in reply. "Are you going to talk to it or eat it?". "In that case, have you got any wild duck?". "No", he responded, "but I've got one I could aggravate for you."
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My father was not comfortable working with very articulate people. He and Willie Wyler got along because neither of them was very articulate.
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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.
