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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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"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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"Does anyone remember laughter?"
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"We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal. Does anybody remember laughter?"
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"We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist."
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"Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter."
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"Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything."
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"It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man."
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"Shared laughter is erotic too."
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"Seven days without laughter makes one weak."
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"Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins."
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"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
"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'."
Music
"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 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."
Public
"I've been a very lucky actor."
Actor
"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
"I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much."
Marriage
"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
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