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title: "11 Told Jokes Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [I told jokes badly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-rickles/i-told-jokes-badly/)

[Don Rickles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-rickles/)

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> [I've never really told jokes. I'm not good at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-e-kelley/i-ve-never-really-told-jokes-i-m-not-good-at-it/)

[David E. Kelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-e-kelley/)

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> [“I decided then and there never to become someone who told jokes when explanations were impossible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/i-decided-then-and-there-never-to-become-someone-who-told-jokes-when/)

[Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/)

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> [When I was 14, I thought I was the coolest kid in school because I told everyone the jokes in FHM.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-fox/when-i-was-14-i-thought-i-was-the-coolest-kid-in-school-because-i/)

[Megan Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-fox/)

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> [“When the football team was down I just told some jokes and got them laughing their butts off." -Chris Pratt”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-allan/when-the-football-team-was-down-i-just-told-some-jokes-and-got-them/)

[Joe Allan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-allan/)

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> [I'm not good with jokes, no. I don't know a joke at all. I like being told jokes, but I can't tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-degale/i-m-not-good-with-jokes-no-i-don-t-know-a-joke-at-all-i-like-being/)

[James DeGale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-degale/)

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> [I was a bit of a show-off at school. I told jokes a lot because I wanted to have friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ainsley-harriott/i-was-a-bit-of-a-show-off-at-school-i-told-jokes-a-lot-because-i/)

[Ainsley Harriott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ainsley-harriott/)

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> [Never take all the sweet things i've told you as jokes, I never joke about my feeling. I mean them! I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luphielia/never-take-all-the-sweet-things-i-ve-told-you-as-jokes-i-never-joke/)

[Luphielia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luphielia/)

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> [Every time a woman makes herself laugh at her husband's often-told jokes she betrays him. The man who looks at his woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/every-time-a-woman-makes-herself-laugh-at-her-husband-s-often-told/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

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> [I'd buy joke books and try doing them at school; I always had jokes. That would be my go-to thing at parties:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-carey/i-d-buy-joke-books-and-try-doing-them-at-school-i-always-had-jokes/)

[Drew Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-carey/)

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> [I have some speakers up here, thank God, because last night I didn't have them and I was telling jokes and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-hedberg/i-have-some-speakers-up-here-thank-god-because-last-night-i-didn-t/)

[Mitch Hedberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-hedberg/)

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