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Steve Allen Defines What is Funny
“In general, the straight line of a joke sets up a premise, an expectation. Then the funny ending – the punch line – in a sense contradicts the original assumption by refusing to follow what had seemed a reasonable train of thought. Many jokes involve that simple matter of leaping outside what had appeared to…
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John Wayne on Life’s Gray Areas
“If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’” — John Wayne
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Learning By Peeing On An Electric Fence
“There are three kinds of men: the ones that learn by readin’, the few who learn by observation; the rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” — Will Rogers
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