- Parenting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Funny Quotes
Everyday humor, seen through a few different lenses.
This collection finds humor in ordinary places, from a parent delighted by how funny children naturally are to a musician writing entire songs around invented funny characters. For sharper one-liners, see Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny - when I started acting, I didn't know I was going to be talking about Asian-American issues so much. You know what, though? It just comes with the territory, being ethnic.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like if I'm going to give you a book about my dad, then I really want to give you my dad, because he is interesting and he is funny and if you're buying a book about him, I don't want you to have to sit through stuff that's not him.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess the producers saw me and knew I was literate and I always tried to be alert and it's funny because you have to have a sharpness to do those shows, especially some of the ones I did in later years.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tell me I'm beautiful, it's nothing. Tell me I'm intellectual - I know it. Tell me I'm funny, and it's the greatest compliment in the world anyone could give me.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to interview Michael McKean and his wife, who wrote the songs for 'A Mighty Wind,' which is my favorite Christopher Guest movie. I'm just a sucker for any funny guy that has a wife who is intelligent and that he collaborates with.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not funny.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I knew I was funny in Elementary School. I think most funny people realize it when they're young. It tends to come out of stress or trauma - something that makes you want to be funny.
- Mood
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was plenty of dysfunction in my family and I went to Catholic School with these psychotic nuns. I would always try to be funny to lighten the mood.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cast of 'Arrow' is truly one of the greatest groups of people I've ever met. Every single one of them is kind, funny, loving, and talented beyond belief.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny, because when we found out we were pregnant, I said, 'Okay, let's experience that.' You just have to just go with it because it's rare.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The general public doesn't expect romance authors to be Harvard graduates. Which is funny, because there are actually quite a lot of us. But this disconnect means that journalists see me as an interesting story. The tricky part is making sure they understand that there are many, many talented writers who don't have 'fancy' educations.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020