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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
absurd bills federal government next orleans pays unless unlikely
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
absurd bit easily everyday life pull routines seems stuck wakes weird wider
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. Kurt Braunohler
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
bad-day men dc-comics
All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day." The Joker - The Killing Joke Alan Moore
bad-day self abuse
If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you abuse every day. You have to learn to use it responsibly. Al Roker
bad-day giving lazy
The only bad days as a writer are the ones when you are too cowardly or too lazy to sit down at the keyboard and give it everything you have. Chris Cleave
bad-ass thinking done
Designers think everything done by someone else is awful, and that they could do it better themselves, which explains why I designed my own living room carpet, I suppose. Chris Bangle
badass agency views
It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity, to reduce them to objects of pity. This has never been clearer than in the view of Africa from the American media, in which we are shown poverty and conflicts without any context. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
bad-ass bayonets ass
Where the hell do you put the bayonet? Chesty Puller
bad-mood mood
When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen. Cathy Freeman
bad-relationship mice
I have a very bad relationship with mice. Casey Affleck
bad
You know, conservatism is not a bad thing. It's not a pejorative. Michael Steele
black calling world
If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black. Alan Watts
black-and-white periods recreation
Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie. Alan Parker
black magic mind
Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of power and prestige. That is a disservice. Magic is very colorful. Of this, I am sure. Alan Moore
black done facts
The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should march right in front. Chinua Achebe
black ships peter
That is the Wasp, yes. But it was captured by Black Stache, and he’s coming for this ship now.” “And how do you know that?” asked Slank. “Did a seagull tell you?” This brought chuckles from the crew. Something like that, thought Peter. Dave Barry
black laughed ifs
If Black Stache laughed, you laughed. If he snarled, you snarled. If he breathed in your direction, you ran for cover. Dave Barry
black-and-white computer fascinated
It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated. Buffy Sainte-Marie
black taught moments
At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do. Carter G. Woodson
black movement yards
I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking. C. L. R. James
capable pitcher ride step
The other two (pitchers) will come around because we can't ride one pitcher the whole season. They have to step up, and they're capable of doing that. JoAnne Graf
capable knocking
(The other riders) were all stressing. As long as they know (I'm capable of knocking them off), that's all that matters. Bucky Lasek
capable million shown tests
We've already shown in tests that we're capable of doing 1 million gallons a day. Rich Henning
capable given goals good hope last possibly result run team victories winning
We are a team that always has goals in it and as a result we are capable of winning anywhere. It will need a good run from us, possibly half-a-dozen victories from our last 11 games, but we haven't given up hope yet. Terry Harris
capable dangerous five good overlook positions season teams winning
There are some good teams in this sectional, so I don't think you can overlook anyone, ... From our standpoint, we thought when the season started that we could be dangerous at all five positions and we think we have been. We think we're capable of winning it all -- there's a chance. Mike Wise
capable games playing
We still need someone else who is capable of playing 20 to 25 games a year. Don Waddell
capable directors great saying taking themselves
I think today there are too many directors taking themselves seriously; the only one capable of saying anything really new and interesting is Luis Bunuel. He's a very great director. Luchino Visconti
capable example good wayne work
Wayne McGregor's 'Dyad 1929' is a good example of this capable British choreographer's work. Robert Gottlieb
capable certainly energy high hurt level memphis playing points putting
When he got hurt in Memphis he was playing at a high level in the first half. We need him. We need him out there. We need his energy and certainly we need the way he?s capable of putting points on the board. Maurice Cheeks
continue diligently hospital
We want the hospital to continue to look diligently for cost-saving measures. Maia Carroll
continued creation customers excitement fare last sales since thank thanks
We want to thank our Customers for their continued excitement about DING! since its introduction last February. Thanks to our hardworking Employees, fare sales were revolutionized with the creation of DING! Kevin Krone
continue disastrous efforts sacrifices stay sure turn waste year
A very difficult year is ahead of us. We must continue our efforts with decisiveness, to stay in the euro, to make sure we do not waste the sacrifices and do not turn the crisis into an uncontrolled and disastrous bankruptcy. Lucas Papademos
continue lincoln several theories
In my opinion, assassination theories will continue to revolve around these assassinations as they have around several other significant assassinations in American history. The assassination of President Lincoln comes to mind. Louis Stokes
continue driven energy gas historic natural prices reason scarcity sell
The only reason for them to collusively not to sell is to try to continue the scarcity that has driven natural gas prices to historic highs. David Boies
continue game outcome tournament
The outcome of the game is important for us to continue to play well. Sometimes seeding for a tournament can be deceptive. Rob Judson
continues edition extremely feature industry leaders north notebook popular powerful proven retail rich special successful throughout yield
The powerful collaboration of industry leaders HP and AMD continues to yield successful results, as demonstrated by the HP Special Edition L2000 Notebook PC. With its rich feature set and distinctive branding, this notebook has proven to be extremely popular throughout the North American retail market. Stephen Baker
continue exciting guys healthy potential stay top
The potential offensively is pretty good. If we can stay healthy and these guys continue to do what they did all spring, we'll be fine. We're going to be exciting at the top of the lineup. Howard Johnson
continued danger existence potential rests union
The potential danger to the continued existence of the union rests with the adjudication of these fines. Justice Theodore
either good help hurt individual seeds
There are some good individuals there. You can either help yourself or hurt yourself for seeds (in the Individual District) Saturday. Tim Roberts
either garbage outside people sit
We're in a quandary on what we can and can't do. Either you let the garbage sit outside or people are going to put it in their neighbor's yard. Chuck McMeekin
either election face four minister occur prime seem wait
What the prime minister doesn't seem to face is the election is either going to occur now or it's going to occur in January, ... We're not going to wait another four months. Stephen Harper
either half minutes played second time together whenever
Whenever we played them, we played well in either the first half or the second half. This time we've got to put it together for 40 minutes if we want to win. Ivan Radenovic
either extract extremists points
When extremists extract concessions from democracies on points of principle, either by blackmail or terror, democracies do not have long left. Philippe Val
either gets good kicking open opportunity plays scoring
When he gets the opportunity to be in the open court, he's so good with the ball. He makes good plays by either scoring or kicking it out to other people. Tim Parmeter
either forces worse
We were behind, and that forces things to happen. It either makes things better or makes it a little worse, and it made it a little worse tonight. Ed Beattie
either fall gone late man nice team zone
We were an all-zone team early, but we've gone back to a man-to-man late in the season. I feel we can play either one. In the post-season it's nice to be able to fall back on a zone if the man isn't working. Brian Norberg
either forward improve step trying
We were trying to improve fundamentally. You either take a step forward or a step back every day. You've got 15 opportunities, and we need to get better all 15 times out. Will Muschamp
exists tonal tone within
When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination. Nina Jacobson
exists girls heard jackie met though
I've met more than one person in their early 20s who has never heard of Jackie Onassis, though most girls have because she exists as a fashion icon. Lydia Leonard
exists failures judged people private public rescue sector suffer thus
Somehow, failures in the public sector are always judged as systematic. The private sector thus exists to ride to the rescue - and their failures are only judged anomalies. A pretty nice arrangement for investors. The only people who suffer are the citizens. Rick Perlstein
exists peace
Peace does exist. It exists in your heart and soul. Sharon Stone
exists
Shamrock only exists on St. Patrick's Day. Every other day of the year, it's just young clover. Charles Nelson
exists tender
'Mike & Molly' exists in a world where we don't just say a snarky line, make a crazy face, and walk out of the room. There's actually some tender moments here, too. Billy Gardell
exists exploit problem trivial using whether
This problem exists whether you use WEP or not, but it is trivial to exploit if not using WEP, William Arbaugh
exists extend happier immortal life people talking technology
The reality is the technology exists now to extend life and have people live healthier, happier lives. Not to be kind of immortal - that's not what I'm talking about. Bill Maris
exists fantasies peace
The 'peace movement' exists only in the fantasies of the paranoid. Noam Chomsky
good-morning beauty nature
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress. Charles Dickens
good-friend trying disability
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason Charles Dickens
good-life two evil
Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine. Charles Caleb Colton
good-things cruelty
A good thing can't be cruel. Charles Dickens
good-man energy attention
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
good-day writing emotional
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that. Alan Moore
goodbye farewell heart
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart. Alan Alda
good-movie complicated enjoyable
A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it. Akira Kurosawa
good looking
We want them all to go on, and realistically they all have a shot. They all want to be state-placers and they're all looking to be pretty tough. I just want them all to have a good time. Brian Nicola
longer market stable
We're in a much more stable construction market now, no longer impacted by those market pressures. John Russell
longer questions term whether
Whether longer term that actually makes a difference, I have questions about that. Kevin Tynan
longer pc
We're going to see a longer PC lifespan, Eric Schmitt
longer people
There are people who no longer feel he'd be different. Clay Richards
longer since using
Since she's no longer competing, we won't be using that ad. It doesn't make sense. Susan McDermott
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. Lee Peterson
longer missing
She is no longer a missing person. She is a suspect. Gary Warner
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything. Charles Dickens
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon. Charles Dickens
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
space-flight flying body
Basically, most good science in space flight has to do with the behavior of the human body in space. That is where we are lacking info, and where info can only be obtained by flying in space. Charles Simonyi
space long radiation
I'd like to be proven wrong on the difficulty of handling the medical side-effects of long term exposure to deep space (both microgravity induced illnesses and radiation damage). Charles Stross
space sublime littles
Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space. Charles Spurgeon
space water people
As the fish doesn't know water, people are ignorant of space. Consciousness is concerned only with changing and varying details; it ignores constants-especially constant backgrounds. Thus only very exceptional people are aware of what is basic to everything. Alan Watts
space giving people
I always try to give my own albums space in between so I have time to create a new sound and give time for people to miss me. You have to come out fresh and reinvent yourself. Akon
space earth feels
You can't feel the earth if you can't feel the space. Chogyam Trungpa
space brave challenges
The challenge of warriorship is to step out of the cocoon, to step out into space, by being brave and at the same time gentle Chogyam Trungpa
space long people
The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can remember. So it's a matter of settling down, lowering the rhetoric, the level of hostility in the rhetoric is too high. Chinua Achebe
space musician
You've got to create the space, then fill it. Chick Corea
stories wonderful marley
Marley was dead, to begin with ... This must be distintly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate. Charles Dickens
stories ends middle
The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end. Alan Rickman
stories needs thanks
It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo. Alan Rickman
stories left
I like it when stories are left open. Alan Rickman
stories imaginary
This is an IMAGINARY STORY...aren't they all? Alan Moore
stories
Everybody has their story to tell. Alan Moore
stories storytelling process
I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come to having a religion. Alan Ball
stories
Our stories are the tellers of us. Chris Cleave
stories
We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us. Chris Cleave
white tears haunting
The meagre lighthouse all in white, haunting the seaboard, as if it were the ghost of an edifice that had once had colour and rotundity, dripped melancholy tears after its late buffeting by the waves. Charles Dickens
white self black
Black implies white self implies other Alan Watts
white mind wish
It's the one species I wouldn't mind seeing vanish from the face of the earth. I wish they were like the White Rhinosix of them left in the Serengeti National Park, and all males. Alan Bennett
white democrat my-time
There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time. Al Sharpton
white house white-house
Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House. Al Sharpton
white
What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers? Al Sharpton
white people black
And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay. Chico Hamilton
white soup wonderful
My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic. Chiang Kai-shek
white people getting-high
All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high. Dave Chappelle