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Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.


Lewis Mumford

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C.S. LEWIS People will buy anything that is 'one to a customer.'.
SINCLAIR LEWIS Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is b...
SINCLAIR LEWIS Watching Bo Jackson, seeing his size, his speed, a lot of his abilities, really drove me.
JAMAL LEWIS I really liked watching Bo Jackson run just because of his size and his speed.
JAMAL LEWIS We are built to make mistakes, coded for error.
LEWIS THOMAS My first boyfriend was a surfer. We bonded over loving the sun, Depeche Mode, and The Cure.
JULIETTE LEWIS There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
C.S. LEWIS I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was marrie...
LEWIS GRIZZARD Instead of getting married again. I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.
LEWIS GRIZZARD When I started off with 'Dance India Dance,' even the TV show people thought it won't be...
TERENCE LEWIS We had high and boisterous winds last night and this morning: the Indians continue to purchase repai...
MERIWETHER LEWIS I'm a late bloomer. It's taken me a long time to find my voice, and I think all the records ...
JENNY LEWIS The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, ...
C.S. LEWIS The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are
C.S. LEWIS Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I&...
AL LEWIS Bottom line, your body is a temple, and you have to treat it that way. That's how God designed i...
RAY LEWIS The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from science, along with beha...
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