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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice. — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
I am serious, so I laugh a lot. You need to laugh. You don't laugh enough. I don't trust anyone who doesn't… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I don't think existence wants you to be serious. I have not seen a serious tree. I have not seen a serious… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Al Gore has made no serious attempt to level the playing field for U.S. agriculture exports, which have fallen 16 percent in… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
The most serious parody I have ever heard was this: In the beginning was nonsense, and the nonsense was with God, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A Democrat is just like a baby. If it's hollering and making a lot of noise, there is nothing serious the matter… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
People might start with LiveJournal or Blogger, but if they get serious, they'll graduate to WordPress. We try to cater to the… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
I'm super serious about music. That's, like, the only thing I'm serious about. — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
As a full-time, and serious-minded, UFO investigator, I strongly side with the proponents. It seems indisputable that the phenomenon is real, and… — Peter Davenport Copy Share Image
All too often, girls are ignored because their challenges aren't thought to be as serious as those faced by boys. — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If even one of these unidentified UFOs turns out to be an alien craft, the impact on all aspects of our nation's… — Don Berliner Copy Share Image
Women stand related to beautiful nature around us, and the enamoured youth mixes their form with moon and stars, with woods and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I want to assure you that regardless of your circumstances, age, or sex, you can indeed start over, re-arousing from within yourself… — Seth Roberts Copy Share Image
How many times have I heard people say, 'I became very ill a couple of years ago; it got very serious, and… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication, and courage. But… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
There is no political will for peace in the Israeli government. They're not serious about political peace because they're still building settlements… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
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I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
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The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I was very happy that I was as normal as possible before I went into serious dance. — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
When a nation uses their improperly gained or intelligence-wise gained information to take policy positions that impact another nation's democracy or their… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
The idea that the United States can't guard its own border is silly. It's a sign that were not serious about this...people… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
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With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they engaged my interest for another round. I… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
It was nerve-wracking [to unleash 'Life of Pi' to the world]. The first show to the journalists, that was the first one,… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
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No serious sociologist any longer believes that the voice of the people expresses any divine or specially wise and lofty idea. The… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
The scientific community, public health officials, and others have raised serious doubt about the steps taken to ensure the safety and efficacy… — Eric Schneiderman Copy Share Image
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I talk about folding it in often with Althea, my girlfriend. She's getting her doctoral degree at Berkeley and she talks about… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
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