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"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on."
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"If you can laugh at yourself, you have already achieved freedom."
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"Ha ha ha ha! Tee-hee-hee!Mwa-ha mwa-ha!Kee kee kee!Ho ho ho ho! Haw-hee-haw! Heh heh heh heh!Gah guffaw! Hoo hoo hoo hoo!Hoi hoi-eee!Ba ha ha ha! Tsee tsee tsee!Giggle, titter,snicker, crow,laughter makesmy 'happy' grow!"
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"Laughter isn't a sign of insanity but a shield against it."
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"Sometimes the craziest laugh in the world is the only one that will save your sanity."
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"When you laugh, you are no longer a mind, but a heart."
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"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face."
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"Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter."
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"Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce."
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"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
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"He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad."
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"I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable."
Humor
"I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it."
Work
"It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves."
People
"The only thing I have never done is a Broadway play. I'm not sure I have the discipline necessary to do a Broadway play. I know it holds a fascination for certain actors."
Discipline
"It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it."
Work
"Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story."
Work
"When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity."
Thought
"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on."
Laughter
"Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there."
Attention
"I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do."
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