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absurd aware room
When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are. Robin McLeavy
absurd advocate einstein expressed good great ideas notion similar
Einstein was a great advocate of the notion that good ideas look absurd at the beginning. Camus expressed a similar view. Michael Leunig
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unless the federal government adopts New Orleans as its ward and pays all its bills for the next 20 years--an unlikely to absurd proposition--the place won't be rebuilt. Dennis Hastert
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I think we get stuck in routines so easily that when an absurd moment in life seems to be there for no reason, it wakes you up out of your everyday pattern. You pull back and look at life a little bit wider because of that one weird thing you weren't expecting. Kurt Braunohler
absurdity came joke life lives order smell
I was writing this really long joke about the smell of poop, and I was like, 'What am I doing with my life?' I started to think about why I was a comedian, and then I came up with a reason for existence, which is: inserting absurdity or stupidity into strangers' lives in order to make the world a better place.
absurd good job
I like that feeling of discombobulation that comes in creating an absurd world that doesn't make sense. 'Monty Python' does a good job of it; 'Bugs Bunny,' too. Reggie Watts
absurd anne grew jane loving
Like everyone else, I grew up loving the Anne books, but L.M. Montgomery is so much more. Like Jane Austen, she has an eye for the absurd and a gift for the 'mot juste.' Lauren Willig
absurd cartoonist clown comic outside seems sort
It seems so absurd to get really mad with a cartoonist over a comic strip. It's sort of like getting in a fight with a circus clown outside your house. It's not going to end well. Stephan Pastis
absurd business characters feature half identify japanese mad point related role scripts sent
About half the scripts sent to me feature characters I just can't identify with, particularly one-dimensional businessmen or, if it's a comedy, some absurd 10-year-old Japanese stereotype, some role related to IT or business... There's no point in getting mad about it; it's just the way things are. Ken Watanabe
believe book writing
No men deserve the title of infidels so little as those to whom it has been usually applied; let any of those who renounce Christianity, write fairly down in a book all the absurdities that they believe instead of it, and they will find that it requires more faith to reject Christianity than to embrace it. Charles Caleb Colton
believe self denial
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
believe half literature
In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it.
believe hallucinations scrooge
There's more of gravey than grave about you, whatever you are!" - Scrooge, referring to Marley's ghost which he believes is a hallucination from food poisoning Charles Dickens
believe remember cry
I verily believe that her not remembering and not minding in the least, made me cry again, inwardly - and that is the sharpest crying of all.
believe soul done
Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph.
believe echoes sound
It is a silent, shady place, with a paved courtyard so full of echoes, that sometimes I am tempted to believe that faint responses to the noises of old times linger there yet, and that these ghosts of sound haunt my footsteps as I pace it up and down.
believe adequate earth
And I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States.
believe long people
It being a remarkable fact in theatrical history, but one long since established beyond dispute, that it is a hopeless endeavor to attract people to a theatre unless they can be first brought to believe that they will never get in.
case clear message people send tolerate victims witnesses
We want to send a clear message that we will not tolerate people threatening or intimidating victims or witnesses in any case we work. Frank Rogers
case continue persons promised public testimony whom
There are, in the King case in particular, some names of confidential informants, persons to whom we promised confidentiality in return for their testimony. We have put their testimony in the public domain, but feel that their names should continue to be anonymous. Louis Stokes
cases dropped good news number remains
The outbreak remains under control. The good news is that the number of new cases has really dropped off.
case entire gets mind plight policy positions priorities state sure
The plight of the Palestinians has always been on the president's mind and a part of his statements. But sometimes when we state our case not all of it gets out. So we reorder the priorities to make sure our entire policy and positions get out there. Dan Bartlett
case confident human
We are pretty confident that unfortunately it (the girl's) is a human case of H5N1.
case confident human
We are pretty confident that unfortunately it is a human case of H5N1.
case similar
We've all kind of been in a similar situation. In my case it was a racquetball tournament, Joe Gibbs
case damage run
We've actually run into one case that was well over $100,000 in damage and it's still a misdemeanor. That's bad.
case certainly field given gone left might people pool sure teams themselves tournament upsets year
There are certainly more teams that are in the pool for consideration than any year I've been involved, ... I'm sure given some of the upsets and the things that have gone on already this year, there will be many people who are making a case for themselves that they should be in the tournament field where they might have been left out in the past.
central convention donations several taken
We've already taken several truckloads of donations to the convention center. We've become a real central donation place. Barbara Morgan
central convention donations several taken
We've already taken several truckloads of donations to the convention center, ... We've become a real central donation place.
central homes maybe planned traffic
We've already got 13,000 homes planned in Central Oahu, and traffic is just unbearable. We'd like to see some requirements put on the development, now. Maybe they will have to make more concessions. William Bass
central certainly entrance problems rush scoring
There are certainly problems in the scoring system. Still, these are not grounds to rush back to the central entrance exams.
central chain expertise good hearing ideas indiana interested logistics offer problems professors resources students supply terms
We're interested in hearing about supply chain and logistics ideas and problems from central Indiana manufacturers. We have resources to offer them in terms of the expertise of our professors and good students for internships and employment.
central future growth planning whether
Whether you know it or not, or like it or not, you are planning the future growth of Central Florida. Charles Lee
central people police presence remind
We would remind people that the Central Police Precinct is headquartered at the GEC. The police presence will be strong.
central children cultural reluctant school send somewhat
We found that Central Americans and Hispanics are somewhat reluctant to send their children off to school as early as Anglo-Americans born in this country. There are some cultural differences. Dannel Malloy
central-park parks intention
It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park. Diana Ross
clearly economy employment fed influenced next potential reflection report surprise
The potential is that there could have been a surprise that could have influenced the Fed next Tuesday, and clearly that hasn't happened. But employment is a lagging indicator. So the report is not a reflection of where the economy is going, but where it's been.
clearly position remains stated
The position remains as we have clearly stated it on many occasions.
clearly internet pleased
We are pleased with the decisions. It clearly established the constitutionality of the Internet Registry Act.
clearly consensus dollar next risks short upside
There are clearly upside risks around the consensus expectations for non-farm payrolls. As such, we would not be short the U.S. dollar over the next 24 hours.
clearly identify lead problems stated sudden theme
There are clearly stated problems that we have to identify and have to uncover. The overlying theme is things that would lead to sudden incapacitation, Dave Roberts
clearly core data debate decision fed help inflation market numbers raising remains resolve stop until whether
We're in a market that is clearly in a little short-term decision box. It's the debate whether core inflation remains low, which allows the Fed to stop raising rates, or whether core inflation is not able to be contained. We'll get a progression of data and numbers that will help resolve this somewhat, but until then, we're in the box.
clearly fort longer meant planned recognize regret sincerely spent
We spent longer than we had planned in Fort Lauderdale, which meant that the itinerary has had to be changed, and we do regret that sincerely and clearly we do recognize there's been a lot of disruption.
clearly content freedom golf good hit life thinking
If you're thinking clearly and are content about where your life is - to where you can just think about the present, think about the now - that's what you need to do to hit good golf shots. I know there are a lot of distractions, but when you're thinking clearly, you're more free. You've got to have that freedom on the golf course. Lucas Black
clearly happier identical invent liberated national pretending rather spanish
I'm happier not pretending I know anything about El Cid in Spain. He's a Spanish national hero. I'd rather invent a character inspired by him but clearly not identical to him. And then I feel liberated creatively. Guy Gavriel Kay
conditions environment family
We are fashioned not by our genes, but by our environment - by the family and socio-historic conditions in which we evolve. Michel Onfray
conditions monetary strength
The pound's strength is tightening monetary conditions in the U.K., but it's not enough.
conditions consumer continue high improvement labor spending support wage
The possibility is high that an improvement in labor and wage conditions will continue to support consumer spending going forward.
conditions saw seeing similar
We are seeing conditions that are similar to about what we saw in 2002.
conditions diseases infectious preparing spread
We are preparing for the possibility of infectious diseases that could be spread under conditions of crowding in shelters, Julie Gerberding
conditions looking martha violated whether
We are looking into whether Martha Stewart violated the conditions of her release,
conditions country create divided government
There are conditions to create a government and to govern, even if the country is divided in two.
conditions four handle three
There are some conditions we just can't handle here. Like dialysis. We can't do that, and they'll be here three or four days, so they'll need it before then.
conditions cope flourishes virtue
Where there are difficulties to cope with, and unsatisfactory conditions to overcome, there virtue most flourishes and manifests its glory. James Allen
country easy walks
It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something.
country men climate
In all countries where nature does the most, man does the least.
country travel home
Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds.
country sadness men
In great cities men are more callous both to the happiness and the misery of others, than in the country; for they are constantly in the habit of seeing both extremes.
country heart simple
As the grand discordant harmony of the celestial bodies may be explained by the simple principles of gravity and impulse, so also in that more wonderful and complicated microcosm, the heart of man, all the phenomena of morals are perhaps resolvable into one single principle, the pursuit of apparent good; for although customs universally vary, yet man in all climates and countries is essentially the same.
country self names
The most notorious swindler has not assumed so many names as self-love, nor is so much ashamed of his own. She calls herself patriotism, when at the same time she is rejoicing at just as much calamity to her native country as will introduce herself into power, and expel her rivals.
country mean hands
Old Marley was as dead as a doornail. Mind! I don't mean to say that, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a doornail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a doornail.
country night men
If its individual citizens, to a man, are to be believed, it always is depressed, and always is stagnated, and always is at an alarming crisis, and never was otherwise; though as a body, they are ready to make oath upon the Evangelists, at any hour of the day or night, that it is the most thriving and prosperous of all countries on the habitable globe.
country character men
Rattle me out of bed early, set me going, give me as short a time as you like to bolt my meals in, and keep me at it. Keep me always at it, and I'll keep you always at it, you keep somebody else always at it. There you are with the Whole Duty of Man in a commercial country.
entered next thursday
The plea that will be entered next Thursday will be 'not guilty'.
entered god mere original return sprung till word
When the Soul that is sprung from God's Word and Will is entered into its own desire to will of itself, it will run in mere uncertainty till it return to its Original again.
entered took
I entered economics because of a course I took on 'information economics,' which I found fascinating.
entered
Look at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. They have all entered many sectors, and actually, in many of those sectors, they weren't as early as Tencent. Ma Huateng
entered herself rather result taught time took
My grandmother taught me how to read, very early, but she taught me to read just the way she taught herself how to read - she read words rather than syllables. And as a result of that, when I entered school, it took me a long time to learn how to write. Vik Muniz
entered foster
I was 16 when I entered the foster system, and know firsthand the statistics for 'aging out.' Angela Featherstone
entered equation gradually partial physics thus
Thus the partial differential equation entered theoretical physics as a handmaid, but has gradually become mistress. Albert Einstein
entered estate undergoing
In the mid-1990s, when Russia was undergoing a construction boom, I entered the real estate development market.
entered insecurity nations regardless threats wealth
New threats make no distinction between races, nations or regions. A new insecurity has entered every mind, regardless of wealth or status. Kofi Annan
home house may
A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.
home names together
When I speak of home, I speak of the place where in default of a better--those I love are gathered together; and if that place where a gypsy's tent, or a barn, I should call it by the same good name notwithstanding.
home stronger spokes
Home is a word stronger than a magician ever spoke.
home words-of-wisdom said
"We thought that, perhaps," said I, hesitating, "it is right to begin with the obligations of home, sir; and that, perhaps, while those are overlooked and neglected, no other duties can possibly be substituted for them."
home soul facts
I've read in many a novel, that unless they've souls that grovel-- Folks prefer in fact a hovel to your dreary marble halls. Charles Stuart Calverley
home pride men
Send us people with initiative, who can carry themselves and others too; such as need to be carried hamper the work and weaken those who should be spending their strength on the heathen. Weaklings should be nursed at home! If any have jealousy, prides, or talebearing traits lurking about them, do not send them, nor any who are prone to criticize. Send only Pauls and Timothys; men who are full of zeal, holiness and power. All others are hindrances. If you send us ten such men the work will be done. Charles Studd
home light shining
The light that shines farthest shines brightest nearest home.
home america ministry
We're enlarging in every single area of the ministry at In Touch. We're on radio and television. We're in over 110 million homes in America plus radio on satellites. We just acquired the NAMB FamilyNet television network, and with that expanding possibilities of the gospel. Charles Stanley
home heaven tonight
What, for some, is sin, others do to the glory of God. And the good Dr. Pentecost's remarks notwithstanding , I intend to go home tonight and smoke a cigar to the glory of God. It is a kind of incense drifting to Heaven. Charles Spurgeon
insulting insult easy
It is easy to smile at an insult and pretend it's funny when the person insulting you is hosing you with money. Al Alvarez
insults-you insulted ifs
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted. Juvenal
insulted robinson skip somebody trying
Somebody said I sound like an old lady, and I was really insulted by that. I'm trying to sound like Skip James and Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye. Tom Waits
insult-to-injury add casts
The easiest time to add insult to injury is when you're signing somebody's cast. Demetri Martin
insulting sit
I think it's insulting to an audience to make them sit and watch a film and then give them a message in one sentence. Asghar Farhadi
insulting care may
If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you may actually be heard. Amy Poehler
insulted scientists
Scientists are not movie stars or politicians who will feel insulted if they are not showered with accolades. Scientists are not interested in accolades.
insulting perhaps personally sold taxpayers
Perhaps the taxpayers should also take it as personally insulting when they are being sold out.
insult offered popularity
Popularity is the only insult that has not yet been offered to Mr. Whistler. Oscar Wilde
led
We've all been at Furman for so long. Being at Furman so long has led to loyalty. The transitions are so smooth.
led period rode third victory west
West led us and we rode the third period to victory.
led option romantic sin temptation
When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema, a place where sin was welcome. Harmony Korine
led obscure organisms producers product rather study
The discovery of streptomycin as a product of a rather obscure group of microorganisms, the actinomycetes, led to the study of these organisms as potential producers of other chemotherapeutic substances. Selman Waksman
led
Legislation for the Caribbean basin has led to more jobs in the Dominican Republic. Elliott Abrams
led
led to the commotion, but they have nothing to do with the charges.
led missiles
Arguably, it was the introduction of international non-proliferation treaties in the late '80s that finally led to the missiles being removed from Greenham Common. Beeban Kidron
led shirt zeppelin
I know when I wear a Led Zeppelin shirt, I am happy to put that Led Zeppelin shirt on. It's not, 'Well, they kind of suck.' Nikki Sixx
led realized
I realized that there was much more to my voice than I'd ever been led to explore and that I could make my own songs.
legal point sure
The point is, you can't be sure if you're legal in a lot of areas. Stewart Baker
legally might
What he said to me was that it's the right thing to do. It might be legally gray, but it's the right thing to do. Tom Jackson
legal-system concerned
I'm concerned with protecting the legal system. Alexei Navalny
legal patterns
Some of his patterns come in legal and some come in illegal.
legal looks massive source
The Democratic Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of voters. Tom Tancredo
legal taxed
legal but taxed and regulated like other goods. George H. W. Bush
legal rest
Legal abortion will never rest easy on this nation's conscience. Robert Casey
legal next system
My dream is to reform the legal system over the next 20 years. David Eagleman
legal reach
I've always said that at the end of the day, on a legal issue, I think a wise old woman and a wise old man are going to reach the same conclusion. Sandra Day O'Connor
longer market stable
We're in a much more stable construction market now, no longer impacted by those market pressures.
longer questions term whether
Whether longer term that actually makes a difference, I have questions about that.
longer pc
We're going to see a longer PC lifespan,
longer people
There are people who no longer feel he'd be different.
longer since using
Since she's no longer competing, we won't be using that ad. It doesn't make sense.
longer send sit
Sit him out any longer and you're going to have to send him out on a rehab. We need to get him in the lineup and let him play. Ron Gardenhire
longer mankind since
Since I no longer expect/ anything from mankind except/ madness,/ meanness, and mendacity;/ egotism,/ cowardice,/ and/ self-delusion,/ I have stopped/ being a/ misanthrope. Irving Layton
longer since sitting
Since he is innocent, we don't want him sitting there any longer than he has to.
longer missing
She is no longer a missing person. She is a suspect.
originally picked plot preparing speech talk
When we were preparing the president's speech we had originally picked a different plot to try and declassify to talk about.
original restore
We're going to restore the original part of the building, not so that it is historically correct, but for other uses.
original people quite sure surprised
Some people do stage and film. Some people are film actors, and some people are stage actors. I'm quite sure that any of the actors who did the original production of 'August' could have done the film of 'August.' I don't think any of them were particularly surprised when they didn't wind up doing the film. Tracy Letts
original-thought use originality
If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now. Bob Dylan
originality
I'm not like anyone. I'm me. Elizabeth Taylor
originals
I want to do more audio originals because I think that it is a fascinating medium. If you think about it, this is original storytelling. David Hewson
originally term united
The word 'Chicano' was originally a derisive term from Mexicans to other Mexicans living in the United States. Cheech Marin
original-thought originals meaningless
One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes. Banksy
originally
One will get more than what they originally bargained for, I guess.
permits
I think we'll see permits down in February, but I thought we'd see them down in January.
permits police sponsors stuff three
There's a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff that has to go on. There's the permits and the sponsors and the police that's a lot to get done in three weeks.
persons
I am a very reclusive, private person. Camille Paglia
persons ifs
If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one. Caitlin Moran
persons ifs versions
If you are with the right person, it brings out the best version of you. Beyonce Knowles
persons i-can pregnant
I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person. Benedict Cumberbatch
persons punchlines jokes
You can't just explain a joke. Either it isn't funny, or the person just totally missed the punchline. Cass McCombs
persons fairs
I like to be a very fair person. Alan Sugar
persons controlled
A person who is without fear cannot be controlled. Cheri Huber
persons knows
The person who knows everything has the most to learn. Bob Phillips
persons
When one person is enslaved, we're all enslaved. Demi Moore
process tainted
The possibility for the process to be tainted is just too much.
process seeing spreading
We are seeing a process of spreading poverty.
process
Interleaf is based on the formatting process. Bill Joy
process force establishing-relationships
Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe. Bernice Johnson Reagon
process riot learning-process
The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot. Audre Lorde
process animation dislike
I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting. Bill Nighy
process
We have no idea how long this process will take. Bruce Miller
process honestly whole
Honestly, I was offended by the whole process, Chandler Parsons
process performing
Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process. Barbra Streisand
public-trust
I have never, not once, violated my public trust.
public
Where there is muck to be raked, it must be raked,and the public must know of it, that it may mete out justice....
publicity enough good-enough
If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity. David Duchovny
publicity
Americans understand better than the Europeans and the English that any publicity is good. Carl Andre
public-opinion found ministers
I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come - in public opinion. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
public
When times are tough, public employees should have to make the same sacrifices as everyone else. Robert Reich
public
Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.
public
My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up. Sharon Stone
publicity obituary
There's no bad publicity except an obituary. Brendan Behan
return three stage
There are three stages: Thoughtless being. Thought. Return to thoughtless being. Chad Harbach
return london range
My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society. Catherine Helen Spence
return should rough
One should never go back to a place one has loved; for, however, rough the going forward is, it is better than the snuffing out-of-love return. Caitlin Thomas
return taught important-macbeth
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague the inventor. William Shakespeare
return
I have received my all from God. Oh, that I could return my all to God. David Brainerd
return
It is only the dead who do not return. Alexandre Dumas
return psycho
I have to return some videotapes Bret Easton Ellis
return thoughts-of-you
God's thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.
return desperation failing
When new hopes fail, old hopes return in the endless cycle of desperation. Dean Koontz
several
I'm a McDonald's girl - several times a week. Usually the two-cheeseburger combo meal. Nikki Cox
several
What I always want is to have several little 'aha' moments where your brain is very happy. Scott Kim
several students
Several students have called and said, 'I have a video, do you want it?'
several tony
We didn't do anything spectacular on offense. But Tony Porto bailed us out several times.
several
I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out. Toks Olagundoye
several time
And we also read Newsweek, Time and several newspapers. Hanoi Hannah
several
We're going to be there for several days.
several talk witnesses
We were able to talk to several witnesses at the playground.
several
We don't know when he's going to be back. He'll be out for several weeks. That's a big deal.
status-quo solutions
The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed. Clark Kerr
status-quo
The status quo is working. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
status
His status is as it was in (Wednesday's) briefing.
status
That's what he is, he's the status quo.
status-quo all-time wells
Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well. Garry Kasparov
status-quo
A woman with knowledge is something that frightens the status quo quite a lot. Helen Mirren
status surgery type
The surgery went well. ... They don't think there's any type of concussion or anything like that, but where his status is for Sunday, I'm not really sure. Billy Donovan
status sure surgery
The surgery went well, but what his status is for Sunday, I'm not really sure right now.
status time view
In view of the time shortage, the status of the negotiations could also be raised.
work quality may
Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work. Alan Watts
work apology giving
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. Alan Clark
work mean doing-nothing
If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means. Alan Bennett
work sleep thinking
A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves. Alan Ayckbourn
work play able
You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way. Al Kaline
work people kind
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable. Akio Morita
workout training cardio
I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment. Chloe Sevigny
work-out effort feels
If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do. Dave Chappelle
work-out levels mail
I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.