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"I'm just trying to play my best and have fun."

"I'm just trying to play my best and have fun."

Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan Athlete

Fun, Play, Trying

95

"But basically, I'm trying to write a fun story."

"But basically, I'm trying to write a fun story."

Rob Walton, Canadian Athlete

88

"Violence is one of the most fun things to watch."

"Violence is one of the most fun things to watch."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

79

"Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is."

"Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is."

Demetri Martin, American Comedian

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"The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club. That's the main thing I think, that you can do it."

"The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club. That's the main thing I think, that you can do it."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

72

"Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It's such a fun crew to be with, and we all went out the night before and that really encouraged us to go out and get drunk."

"Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It's such a fun crew to be with, and we all went out the night before and that really encouraged us to go out and get drunk."

John Leguizamo, Colombian Comedian

Fun, Night, Reading

63

"This is normal, to have pressure. It's how you respond. Take the pressure, use the pressure, have fun."

"This is normal, to have pressure. It's how you respond. Take the pressure, use the pressure, have fun."

Chan Ho Park, Korean Athlete

58

"The best climber in the world is the one that has the most fun."

"The best climber in the world is the one that has the most fun."

Alex Lowe, American Athlete

53

"It's fun to be there with the guys, to practice with them, arrange the balls, do this, do that, but when you play you can get some of this nervousness out of your system."

"It's fun to be there with the guys, to practice with them, arrange the balls, do this, do that, but when you play you can get some of this nervousness out of your system."

Goran Ivanisevic, Croatian Athlete

Fun, Nervousness, Play, Practice

43

"I'm not ready for another series. I have fun doing other kinds of things."

"I'm not ready for another series. I have fun doing other kinds of things."

Robert Urich, American Actor

42

"It's all about having fun and smiling and shaking hands."

"It's all about having fun and smiling and shaking hands."

Tone Loc, American Musician

41

"And then I did one called High Rollers and that was a lot of fun."

"And then I did one called High Rollers and that was a lot of fun."

Wink Martindale, American Entertainer

41

"I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me."

"I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me."

Faith Ringgold, American Artist

37

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."

Walt Disney, American Cartoonist

37

"Contrasting styles is always the most fun to watch."

"Contrasting styles is always the most fun to watch."

Richard Krajicek, Dutch Athlete

34

"It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did."

"It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

34

"If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun."

"If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

34

"Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them."

"Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

34

"Bikes and planes aren't about going fast or having fun; they're toys, but serious ones."

"Bikes and planes aren't about going fast or having fun; they're toys, but serious ones."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

33

"I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity."

"I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

Fun, Funny, Life, Commitment, Sincerity

32

"I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, 'I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer."

"I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, 'I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer."

David Sedaris, American Writer

Fun, Funny, Love, Animals, Saying

32

"It's kind of fun when it's you versus them."

"It's kind of fun when it's you versus them."

Julian McMahon, Australian Actor

32

"Golf will grow so long as it's fun."

"Golf will grow so long as it's fun."

Tom Watson, American Golfer

Fun, Golf, Will

30

"It's kind of fun to be sexy."

"It's kind of fun to be sexy."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

29

"It's as much fun to scare as to be scared."

"It's as much fun to scare as to be scared."

Vincent Price, American Actor

29

"It's generally more fun playing the villain."

"It's generally more fun playing the villain."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

28

"Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon."

"Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon."

George Smathers, American Politician

28

"Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't."

"Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't."

Don Van Vliet, American Artist

Fun, Funny, England

27

"I think cheese smells funny, but I feel bananas "are" funny. I'm assuming Swamp told the whole story of the executives seriously asking us to replace the banana with cheese because they thought it was funnier."

"I think cheese smells funny, but I feel bananas "are" funny. I'm assuming Swamp told the whole story of the executives seriously asking us to replace the banana with cheese because they thought it was funnier."

Joe Murray, American Artist

Fun, Funny, Thought

27

"It's funny, 'cause it seems like just yesterday that I was the youngest player just starting out. But now there are young players all over the league, and they'll ask me questions about playing overseas or finding an agent."

"It's funny, 'cause it seems like just yesterday that I was the youngest player just starting out. But now there are young players all over the league, and they'll ask me questions about playing overseas or finding an agent."

Sue Wicks, American Athlete

Fun, Funny, Now, Questions, Yesterday

26

"It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls in it. It was great."

"It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls in it. It was great."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

26

"The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person next to you was going to do."

"The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person next to you was going to do."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

26

"It was funny, when I thought of it afterward, how Ruth and Gehrig looked as they stood there. The Babe must have been waiting for me to get the ball up a little so he could get his bat under it."

"It was funny, when I thought of it afterward, how Ruth and Gehrig looked as they stood there. The Babe must have been waiting for me to get the ball up a little so he could get his bat under it."

Carl Hubbell, American Athlete

Fun, Funny, Thought, Waiting

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"Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow."

"Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow."

Tobias Wolff, American Writer

Fun, Funny, Control, Memory

24

"Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it."

"Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it."

Nicolas Cage, American Actor

24

"It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers."

"It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers."

Pam Grier, American Actress

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"One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute."

"One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute."

William Feather, American Author

Fun, Funny, Time

23

"Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not."

"Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not."

James Lipton, American Educator

Fun, Funny, Comedians

23

"I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag. There's no fun in that."

"I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag. There's no fun in that."

Scarlett Johansson, American Actress

23

"Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop."

"Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop."

Judy Collins, American Musician

Fun, Prose, Writing

23

"I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late."

"I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late."

Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian

Fun, Machine, Want, Will

22

"When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny."

"When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny."

Ira Glass, American Journalist

Fun, Funny, People, Effect, Saying

22

"The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself."

"The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Fun, Self, Writing

22

"In terms of the creative side of it, it's really been a thing where you come up with the funny stuff is usually at a bar or out talking to people or whatever."

"In terms of the creative side of it, it's really been a thing where you come up with the funny stuff is usually at a bar or out talking to people or whatever."

Trey Parker, American Artist

Fun, Funny, People, Talking

22

"Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program."

"Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program."

Linus Torvalds, Finnish Businessman

Fun, Programming, Public

21

"That was when I found out that you could talk to them and it was a whole other way to blow your stack, and it's so much fun to perform that you want to do it again and the more you get out of it the better."

"That was when I found out that you could talk to them and it was a whole other way to blow your stack, and it's so much fun to perform that you want to do it again and the more you get out of it the better."

Leo Kottke, American Musician

Fun, Talk, Want

21

"It was cool to do someone else's movie. It was a lot of fun."

"It was cool to do someone else's movie. It was a lot of fun."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

21

"Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them."

"Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

21

"Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read."

"Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read."

Leo Burnett, American Businessman

20

"It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham."

"It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

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