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Quote by Virginia Woolf
Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. - V

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. – Virginia Woolf

Other quotes by Virginia Woolf

Masterpieces are not single and solitary births they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice. – Virginia Woolf

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Experience
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Virginia Woolf
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I think its because its so different and it takes risks. Plus, its really smart humor. It gives the audience credit in terms of not needing to tell them when to laugh. I love that about the show. Theres no laugh track. – Sarah Chalke

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Humor

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant. – Washington Irving

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There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor. – David Duchovny

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Get well cards have become so humorous that if you dont get sick youre missing half the fun. – Flip Wilson

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