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Quote by Sloane Crosley
I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend your

I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend youre not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture. – Sloane Crosley

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Ah, the power of two. Theres nothing quite like it. Especially when it comes to paying utility bills, parenting, cooking elaborate meals, purchasing a grown-up bed, jumping rope and lifting heavy machinery. The world favours pairs. Who wants to waste the wood building an ark for singletons? – Sloane Crosley

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Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement, interview, reading, flight, doctors appointment, birthday and dry-cleaning reminder has been handwritten between metal loops. – Sloane Crosley

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I was the youngest of my entire family so you are tap-dancing to try to get the attention of your older cousins. I really hit my social stride in 6th grade, but before that I was a pretty big dork. You learn how to be amusing and how to work for it. – Sloane Crosley

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