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"We make a lot of fun at President Clinton's expense. But this transition is going to be tough because it's been 25 years since this guy has gotten laid in the private sector."

"We make a lot of fun at President Clinton's expense. But this transition is going to be tough because it's been 25 years since this guy has gotten laid in the private sector."

David Letterman, American Comedian

Fun, President, Years

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"But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun."

"But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun."

Picabo Street, American Athlete

Fun, Needs, Racing

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"I really enjoyed doing the voice of Nose Marie on the cartoon series Pound Puppies. Fun, FUN cast."

"I really enjoyed doing the voice of Nose Marie on the cartoon series Pound Puppies. Fun, FUN cast."

Ruth Buzzi, American Actress

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"Aerosmith went on The Simpsons and they had fun."

"Aerosmith went on The Simpsons and they had fun."

Leif Garrett, American Musician

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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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"I don't often know exactly what's coming next, and that makes it more fun. And you know, for me, this entire genre is all about that; it's all about having fun and getting away from the mundane world for just a little while."

"I don't often know exactly what's coming next, and that makes it more fun. And you know, for me, this entire genre is all about that; it's all about having fun and getting away from the mundane world for just a little while."

R. A. Salvatore, American Author

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"The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible."

"The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible."

David Ogilvy, English Businessman

Fun, Funny, Ideas, Jokes, Thinking

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"I can't come on like a parent to these kids, if I do, I won't be able to have fun working with them. The good news is they all have parents. The younger ones, their parents by law have to be on set."

"I can't come on like a parent to these kids, if I do, I won't be able to have fun working with them. The good news is they all have parents. The younger ones, their parents by law have to be on set."

Stephen Collins, American Actor

Fun, Kids, Law, News

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"It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too."

"It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

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"This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done."

"This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done."

Jackie Robinson, American Athlete

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"And then, all of a sudden, you're like, all that's great and fun, but Arthur Miller's in my dressing room. This is the third night he's been here and he sits in my dressing room for an hour after each show, and talks to me for an hour. So I'm pretty spoiled right now."

"And then, all of a sudden, you're like, all that's great and fun, but Arthur Miller's in my dressing room. This is the third night he's been here and he sits in my dressing room for an hour after each show, and talks to me for an hour. So I'm pretty spoiled right now."

Peter Krause, American Actor

Fun, Night, Now, Pretty

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"I don't believe you should make fun of anyone but yourself."

"I don't believe you should make fun of anyone but yourself."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

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"I was really into Black Sabbath, but heavy guitars can really be very limiting, it's a great frequency and it's great fun to listen to but on the other hand, musically you can do a lot more without it."

"I was really into Black Sabbath, but heavy guitars can really be very limiting, it's a great frequency and it's great fun to listen to but on the other hand, musically you can do a lot more without it."

Kip Winger, American Musician

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"I've lived a lot in the last 12 years or however long its been since Boy Meets World. I have a lot more to draw upon in playing Randy than I did playing Frankie. Although, I did have a lot of fun playing that role."

"I've lived a lot in the last 12 years or however long its been since Boy Meets World. I have a lot more to draw upon in playing Randy than I did playing Frankie. Although, I did have a lot of fun playing that role."

Ethan Suplee, American Actor

Fun, World, Years

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"I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you tell?"

"I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you tell?"

Andy Warhol, American Artist

Fun, Funny, Being, Now

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"But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings."

"But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings."

Ted Lindsay, Canadian Athlete

Fun, Funny, Play, Years

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"It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something."

"It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something."

Richard Thompson, British Musician

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"If you look at the game and everything, it's not quite like looking at an animated film, because that's total character. This, this is really movement, but it's got funny little things if you look for the humor. They're actually getting to the character."

"If you look at the game and everything, it's not quite like looking at an animated film, because that's total character. This, this is really movement, but it's got funny little things if you look for the humor. They're actually getting to the character."

Don Bluth, American Artist

Fun, Funny, Humor, Character, Film

41

"It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start with, adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help, and that's my method."

"It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start with, adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help, and that's my method."

Edward Hopper, American Artist

Fun, Funny, Business, Help, Oil

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"Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it."

"Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it."

Krist Novoselic, American Musician

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"It's a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers, and you see them sort of slow down, and you realize, maybe this becomes harder to do as you get older. That's sort of a cautionary thing. I hope it doesn't happen to me."

"It's a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers, and you see them sort of slow down, and you realize, maybe this becomes harder to do as you get older. That's sort of a cautionary thing. I hope it doesn't happen to me."

Joel Coen, American Director

Fun, Funny, Hope, Careers

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"Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday."

"Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday."

Jerry B. Jenkins, American Novelist

Fun, Funny, Today, Yesterday

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"I like that totally mixed up kind of eclectic group of personal props and bits of costume and I think the fun of doing that is where I was very lucky with Doctor Who."

"I like that totally mixed up kind of eclectic group of personal props and bits of costume and I think the fun of doing that is where I was very lucky with Doctor Who."

Lalla Ward, English Actor

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"I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake."

"I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

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"That's like making fun of a maniac because his brain isn't completely right, because he isn't in the norm."

"That's like making fun of a maniac because his brain isn't completely right, because he isn't in the norm."

Alice Cooper, American Musician

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"I just play for fun."

"I just play for fun."

Anna Kournikova, Russian Athlete

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"They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle."

"They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle."

Sarah Silverman, American Comedian

Fun, Parents, Trying

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"You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247."

"You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247."

Reggie Jackson, American Athlete

40

"I loved Peg Bundy. I am so happy that I got to do that. It was really fun."

"I loved Peg Bundy. I am so happy that I got to do that. It was really fun."

Katey Sagal, American Athlete

40

"The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun."

"The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun."

Elliott Smith, American Musician

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"Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together."

"Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together."

Uta Hagen, German Actress

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"I have never done a thriller, and it will just be really fun for me to heave and pant and run and climb and break windows and scream every once in a while."

"I have never done a thriller, and it will just be really fun for me to heave and pant and run and climb and break windows and scream every once in a while."

Kate Hudson, American Actress

Fun, Will, Windows

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"I'm very 'spur of the moment'. I'm always trying to think of fun things to do to create a memory."

"I'm very 'spur of the moment'. I'm always trying to think of fun things to do to create a memory."

Josh Hartnett, American Actor

Fun, Memory, Trying

40

"I had a great run on Babylon 5. It was a lot of fun."

"I had a great run on Babylon 5. It was a lot of fun."

Bruce Boxleitner, American Actor

40

"I'm gonna perform on one of the nights. Good clean fun; we're not going to jail. For the record."

"I'm gonna perform on one of the nights. Good clean fun; we're not going to jail. For the record."

Luther Campbell, American Musician

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"I was concerned about that, because I've always been so specific about doing independent films, but I've never done anything that's so genuinely and ridiculously fun. And that's a great thing, for me to discover that that's possible."

"I was concerned about that, because I've always been so specific about doing independent films, but I've never done anything that's so genuinely and ridiculously fun. And that's a great thing, for me to discover that that's possible."

Sarah Polley, Canadian Actress

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"It was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees' set on the same night."

"It was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees' set on the same night."

Peter Tork, American Musician

Fun, Night, Play

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"It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen."

"It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen."

Gary Cherone, American Musician

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"I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party."

"I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party."

Gene Simmons, American Musician

Fun, Lady, Now, Party

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"If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun."

"If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun."

Carter Burwell, American Composer

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"Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could see. I never saw any."

"Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could see. I never saw any."

Cab Calloway, American Musician

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"I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was."

"I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was."

John Badham, British Director

Fun, Funny, Personality, Today

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"I auditioned just for fun."

"I auditioned just for fun."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

40

"The game is meant to be fun."

"The game is meant to be fun."

Jack Nicklaus, American Athlete

40

"I enjoy doing press for something that I like, and I think the movie is very fun and charming and clever."

"I enjoy doing press for something that I like, and I think the movie is very fun and charming and clever."

Thomas Haden Church, American Actor

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"Oh, the most fun thing I've ever been asked to autograph was breasts."

"Oh, the most fun thing I've ever been asked to autograph was breasts."

Peter Tork, American Musician

40

"Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face."

"Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

40

"A punk concert isn't fun without a pit."

"A punk concert isn't fun without a pit."

Billie Joe Armstrong, American Musician

40

"The imaginary world has always been the most fun place for me to be."

"The imaginary world has always been the most fun place for me to be."

Claire Forlani, English Actress

40

"This band makes sure that we have whole sections of stuff that are free form so that they don't know what we are doing next, that is the fun part of playing. You are playing something that you haven't ever played before."

"This band makes sure that we have whole sections of stuff that are free form so that they don't know what we are doing next, that is the fun part of playing. You are playing something that you haven't ever played before."

John Entwistle, English Musician

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