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title: "3 Comedy Understood Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Comedy Understood quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Comedy Understood sayings and thoughts."
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> [I've always been a fan of comedy, and I understood from a young age that what makes most comedy work is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-keck/i-ve-always-been-a-fan-of-comedy-and-i-understood-from-a-young-age/)

[Kevin Keck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-keck/)

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> [We are a nation that has always gone in for the loud laugh, the wow, the yak, the belly laugh, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/we-are-a-nation-that-has-always-gone-in-for-the-loud-laugh-the-wow/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/james-thurber-1534_actors_we-are-a-nation-that-has-always-gone-in_1511382.png)

> [The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/the-appreciative-smile-the-chuckle-the-soundless-mirth-so-important/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/james-thurber-1534_appreciative_the-appreciative-smile-the-chuckle-the-s_1986864.jpg)

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