Quote by Mark Twain
Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preac

Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. – Mark Twain

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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities Truth isnt. – Mark Twain

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A man can seldom — very, very, seldom — fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy. – Mark Twain

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And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor. – Paul McCartney

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Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor? – Frank Moore Colby

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You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because theyve got to support their families. Or as far as humor, the things I see on the job, on the street, are far funnier than anything youll ever see on TV. – Harvey Pekar

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Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesnt. It focuses on facts. – Sarah Silverman

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I love the script and I just thought it was a great role. Like I say, its like this – the script is like this sad, funny, desperate love song to the lost American man. – Oliver Platt

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You taught me all about love, all about faith, and then God turned your lessons inside out, let me see the underside of every good thing you gave me. – Margaret Blair Young, Heresies of Nature, 2002

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What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them? – Kate Millett

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