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title: "10 Circus clowns Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [Happiness is not a circus clown rolling around in a big tractor tire so that his arms and legs form 'spokes.' Happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-handey/happiness-is-not-a-circus-clown-rolling-around-in-a-big-tractor-tire/)

[Jack Handey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-handey/)

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> [I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/i-m-gonna-be-a-new-kind-of-clown-i-m-gonna-stand-in-the-middle-of-the/)

[Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/)

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> [We've become so glorified in the movie-star system that it's become this artificial royalty. The truth is that we're circus clowns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-cage/we-ve-become-so-glorified-in-the-movie-star-system-that-it-s-become/)

[Nicolas Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-cage/)

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> [I remember how, in college, I got that part-time job as a circus clown, and how the children would laugh and laugh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-handey/i-remember-how-in-college-i-got-that-part-time-job-as-a-circus-clown/)

[Jack Handey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-handey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/jack-handey-829_children_i-remember-how-in-college-i-got-that-par_2590860.jpg)

> [Hip-hop is universal now, it's all commercial now. It's like a circle full of circus clowns up in the circuit now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eminem/hip-hop-is-universal-now-it-s-all-commercial-now-it-s-like-a-circle/)

[Eminem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eminem/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/eminem-415_circles_hip-hop-is-universal-now-it-s-all-commer_2472415.jpg)

> [I think I'll be a clown when I get grown… There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/i-think-i-ll-be-a-clown-when-i-get-grown-there-ain-t-one-thing-in/)

[Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/)

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> [If you're a circus clown, and you have a dog that you use in your act, I don't think it's a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-handey/if-you-re-a-circus-clown-and-you-have-a-dog-that-you-use-in-your-act/)

[Jack Handey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-handey/)

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> [You turn into this desperate dude looking for a shred of attention when you just had so much. It's like, "I'm just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-adebimpe/you-turn-into-this-desperate-dude-looking-for-a-shred-of-attention/)

[Babatunde Adebimpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-adebimpe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/babatunde-adebimpe-17662_alcoholics_you-turn-into-this-desperate-dude-lookin_1351863.jpg)

> [My high school guidance counselor, Mrs. Inverholl, once had me take an aptitude test to figure out my future. The number one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/my-high-school-guidance-counselor-mrs-inverholl-once-had-me-take-an/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [I like the clowns from the circus that have more paint on their face. They were all funny and made me laugh.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stormare/i-like-the-clowns-from-the-circus-that-have-more-paint-on-their-face/)

[Peter Stormare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stormare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/peter-stormare-15713_circus_i-like-the-clowns-from-the-circus-that-h_845854.jpg)

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