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Enjoyment of Laughter (1936)
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I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while.
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It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.
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There is a persistent difference of opinion about puns, some finding them cottony in the mouth, and others doting on the taste of them.
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Humor is a kind of emotional chaos told about calmly and quietly in retrospect.There is always a laugh in the utterly familiar.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
Cole Porter
Max Eastman
Born:
January 4, 1883
Died:
March 25, 1969
(aged 86)
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