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"I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations."
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"I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life."
Life
"I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears."
Death
"I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about."
Life
"Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied."
Question
"I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations."
Expectation
"My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized."
Mother
"People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue."
Father
"I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny."
Funny
"Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes."
People
"What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs under 300 pounds. Unfortunately, I was on during daytime."
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"I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise."
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Personal Development
"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."
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Personal Development
"Expectations create and shape reality."
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Personal Development
"Long ago, before I had ever seen a diamond, I read about them and I tried to imagine what they would be like ... When I saw a real diamond in a lady's ring one day I was so disappointed I cried. Of course, it was very lovely but it wasn't my idea of a diamond."
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Personal Development
"Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter."
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Personal Development
"Whatever you search for will either meet you halfway or wait for you."
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Personal Development
"What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven."
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Personal Development
"When we set expectations and nourish them with appreciation, we will get better results."
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Personal Development
"I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life."
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Personal Development
"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."
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Personal Development
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