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Comedy Quotes by Eric Idle
- Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.
- To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs,…
- Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it…
- Probably spending 12 years at boarding school - comedy became a survival gene. But I think some people are funny right off the bat, as…
- At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits…
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