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- Nov 07, 2020
Joke Quotes
What comedians say about making people laugh.
Several quotes here come from people who make a living off timing, including one who admits to softening blunt criticism by wrapping it in humor first, describing it like a cut followed by a few stitches. Another describes the frustrating double standard where the exact same line lands only when a man delivers it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15. That's a joke, but not by much.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Auntie CeCe - I can kind of joke and say all I need to do is pray. But that's literally what she does... She lives what she sings. I've learned a lot about her in that way, so in bringing her to the stage, I knew what sort of demeanor she needed to have. Her songs are very reflective of who she is in real life.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody wants me to finally close the curtain on the joke that is the Audley Harrison show.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among the radio astronomers of SETI - the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - it's only sort-of a joke that the true hallmark of intelligent life is the creation of radio astronomy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because many squid have brain nerve fibres that are hundreds of times thicker than those of humans, neuroscientists have long used them for research. These nerve fibres have led to so many breakthroughs in the study of neurons that many scientists joke that the squid should receive a Nobel Prize.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go for the story, the important stuff.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to end up being some joke on a bad TV series.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were times when I was a joke, but talent survives.
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- Nov 07, 2020