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Describing comic sensibility is near impossible. It's sort of an abstract silliness, that sometimes the joke isn't the star.


Dana Carvey

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DANA HUSSEIN As long as I have ambition, maybe I can achieve something for my country.
DANA HUSSEIN I'm very ambitious, despite all the challenges I face in the streets.
DANA HUSSEIN Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
DANA HUSSEIN To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.
DANA HUSSEIN I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but...
DANA HILL Now that I'm more mature, in a funny way, I can even appreciate that I've bad to become more...
DANA HILL I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medic...
DANA HILL My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is ...
DANA HILL I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so m...
DANA HILL I'm a normal teen-ager except for my size.
DANA HILL I know all the critics.
DANA HILL I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but...
DANA HILL I love TV. I know all the theme songs from the shows I watch. I'm not one of those who'd rat...
DANA HILL People are never quiet. It's go, go, go. I'm a go-getter, but you need rest and silence, jus...
DANA HILL I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college ...
DANA HILL Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary fo...
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