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"Memories are doing funny things to us."

"Memories are doing funny things to us."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Fun, Funny, Memories

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"I like to have fun with them. I like to toy with them a little bit. we're making television, after all. Right?"

"I like to have fun with them. I like to toy with them a little bit. we're making television, after all. Right?"

Phil Keoghan, New Zealander Celebrity

Fun, Right, Television

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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

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"It's the youth movement we have. A lot of young guys with a lot of passion. It brings the fun back to the game."

"It's the youth movement we have. A lot of young guys with a lot of passion. It brings the fun back to the game."

Tim Hudson, American Baseball Player

Fun, Passion, Youth

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"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

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"Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave."

"Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave."

Quentin Crisp, English Writer

Fun, Funny, Life, Grave

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"I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals."

"I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals."

Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

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"When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful."

"When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Fun, Funny, Humor, Success, Time

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"While you're improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you know that, hey, we're having fun."

"While you're improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you know that, hey, we're having fun."

Shelley Berman, American Comedian

Fun, May, Smile, Will

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"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

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"The trick is the paradox - turning your story inside out. Now if it is something that appears to be of total normality and then suddenly turns inside out and is a different thing all together then that's fun to write."

"The trick is the paradox - turning your story inside out. Now if it is something that appears to be of total normality and then suddenly turns inside out and is a different thing all together then that's fun to write."

Nigel Kneale, English Writer

Fun, Normality, Now, Paradox

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"Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and to do them quiet. It's really a sight to see... or to hear!"

"Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and to do them quiet. It's really a sight to see... or to hear!"

Michael McKean, American Actor

Fun, Quiet, Sight, Songs

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"It was a lot of fun, and writing a series is comfortable. It's almost like having a secure job."

"It was a lot of fun, and writing a series is comfortable. It's almost like having a secure job."

Thomas Perry, German Musician

Fun, Job, Writing

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"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

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"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

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"We wanted the language to feel fresh, fun, and rock solid."

"We wanted the language to feel fresh, fun, and rock solid."

James Frank, American Physicist

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"It's all right; it's not so much fun any more."

"It's all right; it's not so much fun any more."

David O. Selznick, American Producer

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"It was a hard job, but it was a lot of fun and I'll always be grateful to Ponch. He was a part of me."

"It was a hard job, but it was a lot of fun and I'll always be grateful to Ponch. He was a part of me."

Erik Estrada, American Actor

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"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

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"It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger."

"It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Fun, Funny, Men, People, Action

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"It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach."

"It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach."

Michael Bloomberg, American Politician

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"After guest appearances, I got the offer to do the show as the successor of Arthur Schwartz. It's so much fun."

"After guest appearances, I got the offer to do the show as the successor of Arthur Schwartz. It's so much fun."

Rocco DiSpirito, American Celebrity

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"Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things that mainstream Hollywood doesn't want to do."

"Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things that mainstream Hollywood doesn't want to do."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

Fun, Hollywood, Want

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"My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person."

"My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person."

Lisa Kudrow, American Actress

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"Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards."

"Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards."

Uma Thurman, American Actress

Fun, Right, Word

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"For me, though, the fun is over when I get the job."

"For me, though, the fun is over when I get the job."

Helmut Jahn, German Architect

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"We see less of Dave, certainly, and he's kind of fallen out of the sphere of our group, mostly because he's working on his show, and has kind of lost the fun of the party."

"We see less of Dave, certainly, and he's kind of fallen out of the sphere of our group, mostly because he's working on his show, and has kind of lost the fun of the party."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

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"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

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"I'm clean and sober for over a year and no one seems to care! They're like, 'Oh, her dramatic weight gain.' So, stop making fun of me!"

"I'm clean and sober for over a year and no one seems to care! They're like, 'Oh, her dramatic weight gain.' So, stop making fun of me!"

Courtney Love, American Musician

Fun, Gain, Weight

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"It's more fun to watch without joining in."

"It's more fun to watch without joining in."

Lionel Blue, British Clergyman

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"Ultimately, it is in fun. It is supposed to be highly entertaining."

"Ultimately, it is in fun. It is supposed to be highly entertaining."

Bill Hicks, American Comedian

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"And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that the audience sees me play these and they know that that's Chris and he's having fun and he knows that and he knows that and you know that and everybody knows that."

"And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that the audience sees me play these and they know that that's Chris and he's having fun and he knows that and he knows that and you know that and everybody knows that."

Christopher Walken, American Actor

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"You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people."

"You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people."

Donald Trump, American Businessman

Fun, Funny, People, Class, Middleclass

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"If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you."

"If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you."

Billy Wilder, American Director

Fun, Funny, Truth, People

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"It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't."

"It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

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"It's only I have seen enough of it and the funny thing is now, I know that I'm skinny, because I know there are even smaller clothes in the store. I think I'm big, when I was big, I never thought about it."

"It's only I have seen enough of it and the funny thing is now, I know that I'm skinny, because I know there are even smaller clothes in the store. I think I'm big, when I was big, I never thought about it."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

Fun, Funny, Thought, Clothes, Now

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"Obviously my last two years in the NFL were not much fun at all."

"Obviously my last two years in the NFL were not much fun at all."

Steve Spurrier, American Coach

38

"I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day."

"I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day."

Magic Johnson, American Athlete

Fun, Funny, Time, Day, Medicine

38

"The Super Bowl is Americana at its most kitsch and fun."

"The Super Bowl is Americana at its most kitsch and fun."

Sting, British Musician

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"In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian."

"In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian."

Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete

Fun, Funny, Hair, Italy, Kids

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"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

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"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

37

"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

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"I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport."

"I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

Fun, Pretty, Rapport

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"It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse."

"It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

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"Are we having fun yet?"

"Are we having fun yet?"

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

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"Radical surgery is never fun."

"Radical surgery is never fun."

Brent Spiner, American Actor

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"Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since."

"Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since."

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

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"There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off."

"There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Fun, Funny, Being, Cure, Nothing

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"And I think you understand a little bit more why she falls for him. In a way, watching the French do anything is a little more fun because their gestures are different. And in that way, they make everything interesting."

"And I think you understand a little bit more why she falls for him. In a way, watching the French do anything is a little more fun because their gestures are different. And in that way, they make everything interesting."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

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