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Letter "H" » Humor
«Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.»
«Humor is... despair refusing to take itself seriously.»
«Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?»
«Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.»
«Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood»
Author: Mary Hirsch
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Humor
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blood, drawing, humor, point, rubber, rubbers, sword, without humor
«Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.»
Author: Romain Gary
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Dignity,
Humor,
Men
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affirmation, befalls, declaration, Declaration of
«Humor has a way of bringing people together. It unites people. In fact, I'm rather serious when I suggest that someone should plant a few whoopee cushions in the United Nations.»
Author: Ron Dentinger
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Humor
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bringing, cushion, cushioned, cushions, serious, suggest, The United Nations, United Nations, unites, whoopee
«Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.»
Author: James Thurber
(Writer)
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Humor
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earliest, natural resource, natural resources, preserved
«Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers.»
Author: Leo Rosten
(Novelist)
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Humor
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accidental, chanciest, chancy, essayist, essayists, humorists, Journalists, subtlest, the humorist, Thurber, Thurbers
«Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.»
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