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> [The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than twenty asses laden with drugs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sydenham/the-arrival-of-a-good-clown-exercises-a-more-beneficial-influence/)

[Thomas Sydenham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sydenham/)

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> [You become funny for a reason. I became an actor because that's who I was, nothing else - it was the only thing I was good at. You become a clown and you make people laugh because a) it protects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lillard/you-become-funny-for-a-reason-i-became-an-actor-because-that-s-who-i/)

[Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/)

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