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"I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it."

"I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it."

Anita Baker, American Musician

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"I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape."

"I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape."

Oksana Baiul, American Athlete

40

"If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious."

"If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious."

Larry Wall, Canadian Author

39

"I had a lot of fun with Val Kilmer. He's like a big kid."

"I had a lot of fun with Val Kilmer. He's like a big kid."

Derek Luke, American Actor

39

"We learned a verse of this and that and we were having fun with the songs. Tommy would make up stories to go along with them and I would yell at him, 'Hey, stupid, that's not right,' and he was like a silly kid trying to impress."

"We learned a verse of this and that and we were having fun with the songs. Tommy would make up stories to go along with them and I would yell at him, 'Hey, stupid, that's not right,' and he was like a silly kid trying to impress."

Dick Smothers, American Comedian

Fun, Right, Silly, Songs

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"I'm the comedic girl next door and a lot of fun."

"I'm the comedic girl next door and a lot of fun."

Jenny McCarthy, American Model

39

"But, you know, I just want to play well and have fun playing well."

"But, you know, I just want to play well and have fun playing well."

Jennifer Capriati, American Athlete

Fun, Play, Want

39

"It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now."

"It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now."

Piper Perabo, American Actress

Fun, Now, Play, Taste

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"Violence is not funny."

"Violence is not funny."

William Friedkin, American Director

Fun, Funny, Violence

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"Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me."

"Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me."

Iris DeMent, American Musician

39

"If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun."

"If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun."

Lars Ulrich, Danish Musician

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"Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun."

"Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun."

Phil Collen, English Musician

Fun, Joy, Night

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"You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things."

"You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things."

Ken Kesey, American Author

39

"If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what's funny in the joke."

"If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what's funny in the joke."

Richard Russo, American Novelist

Fun, Funny, Work, Comedy

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"Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made great comedies and they are still as funny today as they ever were."

"Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made great comedies and they are still as funny today as they ever were."

Leonard Maltin, American Critic

Fun, Funny, Shakespeare, Today, Years

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"There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play."

"There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play."

Levon Helm, American Musician

Fun, Play, Rules, Song

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"It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun."

"It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun."

Charles de Lint, Canadian Writer

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"Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad."

"Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad."

Lalla Ward, English Actor

39

"It is fun to be in the same decade with you."

"It is fun to be in the same decade with you."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

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"I've always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot more fun for me and keeps it fresh so that I'm not complacent with the same show every night and with every audience."

"I've always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot more fun for me and keeps it fresh so that I'm not complacent with the same show every night and with every audience."

Deborah Cox, Canadian Musician

38

"Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!"

"Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!"

John Ciardi, English Dramatist

38

"Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun."

"Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun."

Bill Walton, American Athlete

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"Going to your set with the headphones on in the middle of the night so that your parents don't know what you're doing when you're supposed to be asleep is great. I was rocking the bedroom. That was so much more fun when I got the 1200s."

"Going to your set with the headphones on in the middle of the night so that your parents don't know what you're doing when you're supposed to be asleep is great. I was rocking the bedroom. That was so much more fun when I got the 1200s."

Jam Master Jay, American Musician

Fun, Night, Parents

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"So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions."

"So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions."

Rick Moody, American Novelist

Fun, Funny, Books, Emotions, Want

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"In the past, some of the songs that were the most fun, and the most entertaining and rocking, fell by the wayside because I was concerned with what I was going to say and how I was going to say it."

"In the past, some of the songs that were the most fun, and the most entertaining and rocking, fell by the wayside because I was concerned with what I was going to say and how I was going to say it."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Fun, Past, Songs

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"The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we're just trying to find stuff to say. None of us had gotten to really talk about the movie until that moment and they were in New York and we were in L.A."

"The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we're just trying to find stuff to say. None of us had gotten to really talk about the movie until that moment and they were in New York and we were in L.A."

Jay Roach, American Director

Fun, Funny, Talk, Trying

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"When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny."

"When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny."

Mo Rocca, American Writer

Fun, Funny, War, People, Dying

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"It's always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman, for no reason other than to see how the world reacts to them."

"It's always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman, for no reason other than to see how the world reacts to them."

Jonathan Carroll, American Author

Fun, Reason, Woman, World

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"Fun without sell gets nowhere but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious."

"Fun without sell gets nowhere but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious."

Leo Burnett, American Businessman

38

"I finished the movie a month ago in downtown Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun doing it."

"I finished the movie a month ago in downtown Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun doing it."

Coolio, American Musician

38

"Fill with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again.Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chamber of my brain -Quaintest thoughts - queerest fancies Come to life and fade away;What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today."

"Fill with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again.Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chamber of my brain -Quaintest thoughts - queerest fancies Come to life and fade away;What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Fun, Joy, Drink, Imagination, Creativity

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"Doing these parts is not fun. It's challenging, but no fun. It's creepy. I would rather play the guy that throws the touchdown pass and gets carried off the field."

"Doing these parts is not fun. It's challenging, but no fun. It's creepy. I would rather play the guy that throws the touchdown pass and gets carried off the field."

Alec Baldwin, American Actor

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"We haven't even gotten a start date but we'll see what happens with that and that will be fun. I've gotten a couple of other things but I'm not really committing myself to anything yet."

"We haven't even gotten a start date but we'll see what happens with that and that will be fun. I've gotten a couple of other things but I'm not really committing myself to anything yet."

Nia Long, American Actress

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"It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally get a religion in the White House that's causing a lot of conflicts, and concerns, and disturbances for a lot of people, it's in the Bush Administration."

"It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally get a religion in the White House that's causing a lot of conflicts, and concerns, and disturbances for a lot of people, it's in the Bush Administration."

Roger Ebert, American Critic

Fun, Funny, Religion, People

38

"Until now, until I actually got into law class, I just never thought of it as being an interest for me, but it's really funny because now that I'm in law, I'm like 'Wow, I could be a lawyer."

"Until now, until I actually got into law class, I just never thought of it as being an interest for me, but it's really funny because now that I'm in law, I'm like 'Wow, I could be a lawyer."

Lisa Leslie, American Athlete

Fun, Funny, Thought, Being, Class

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"It's funny to be a critic."

"It's funny to be a critic."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

37

"I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny."

"I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny."

Ridley Scott, British Director

37

"I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking."

"I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

37

"For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun."

"For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun."

Tori Amos, American Musician

37

"Skiing is the pleasurable part of alpinism - way more pleasurable and fun than alpine climbing."

"Skiing is the pleasurable part of alpinism - way more pleasurable and fun than alpine climbing."

Michael Kennedy, American Celebrity

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"I think it's more fun to play a hero with an edge."

"I think it's more fun to play a hero with an edge."

Shawn Ashmore, Canadian Actor

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"When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun."

"When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun."

Randy Johnson, American Athlete

37

"When it ceases to be fun, I'll stop and just stay in my restaurants."

"When it ceases to be fun, I'll stop and just stay in my restaurants."

Emeril Lagasse, American Celebrity

Fun, Restaurants

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"And we know Bruce Campbell from way back, so that was a lot of fun."

"And we know Bruce Campbell from way back, so that was a lot of fun."

Kevin McDonald, Canadian Comedian

37

"We're spirited and spiritual... and fun follows us around."

"We're spirited and spiritual... and fun follows us around."

Naomi Judd, American Musician

37

"The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental."

"The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental."

Ken Kesey, American Author

37

"What's really fun is to write under different names."

"What's really fun is to write under different names."

Tom Verlaine, American Musician

37

"I always feel like I'm missing out on something, that someone is having more fun than I am, so I take measures to make sure that is impossible."

"I always feel like I'm missing out on something, that someone is having more fun than I am, so I take measures to make sure that is impossible."

Jessica Cutler, American Author

37

"Some shows, like PPG, tape in a group session, which is always more fun because you can play off each other."

"Some shows, like PPG, tape in a group session, which is always more fun because you can play off each other."

Tara Strong, Canadian Actress

37

"Fortunately I own a vintage brain, and I am alive and well in the 21st century, still making records, still working at an intense pace and most of all, still having fun doing it."

"Fortunately I own a vintage brain, and I am alive and well in the 21st century, still making records, still working at an intense pace and most of all, still having fun doing it."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

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