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Humor
«An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.»
«A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways.»
«A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.»
Author: Henry Ward Beecher
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Humor
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«A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.»
Author: Hugh Sidey
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Humor,
Joy,
Laughter,
Sense of humor
| Keywords:
armor, grasp, sense of humor
«Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.»
Author: James Cone
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Anger,
Humor
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«Apu I need a keg and a six pack to hold me until I tap the keg.»
Author: Homer Simpson
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Humor
«As God said to Job, Checkmate»
Author: Stephen Colbert
| About:
Humor
«And to answer the question that people have about this conspiracy theory that he has a pack in his back, my answer is, if someone was feeding him answers, couldn't they be able to feed him better ones than he came up with?»
Author: Bill Maher
(Actor, Comedian, Producer, Writer)
| About:
Comedy,
Humor,
Politics
| Keywords:
conspiracy, conspiracy theories, feeding, pack