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I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every tu

I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive. – Ian Mcewan

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I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that Ill never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence. – Ian Mcewan

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Intelligence
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Ian Mcewan
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By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage. – Ian Mcewan

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Faith
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Ian Mcewan
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world. – Jean Baudrillard

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funny

Lucky is for laughs, and theres really nothing funny that Im doing on Dexter. I think more than anything, both comment on the fact that anybody is capable of anything. Just because they are the shy guy in the corner doesnt mean that they are a harmless little bunny. – Colin Hanks

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funny

You cant make everybody laugh. You gotta just do what you think is funny. Just be obstreperous to everybody. – Colin Quinn

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funny

The surprising thing is that I was not funny in high school. I was always jealous of the funny kids because they always got the girls. I couldnt tell a joke to save my life. – Seann William Scott

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funny

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The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. – Jorge Luis Borges

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What people dont understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a ranchers wife. From Alberta down to Texas Ive known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people. – Robert Duvall

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The community of living is the carriage of the Lord. – Proverb

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If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place. – Lord Halifax

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