American - Writer | 1951 -
Russian humor is to adapt or make some sense or nonsense out of the insanity of their lives.
Ian Frazier
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People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.
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When the days start to get shorter, I want to be in some nice brick building on the East Coast with the lights glowing in the windows. When the daylight starts changing, I want to be out West.
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America to me is so varied and exciting. I always feel nostalgia for the place I'm not in, and then I get there and find myself in a traffic jam going into the Lincoln Tunnel, and I think, 'God, why was I romanticizing this part of the country?' I think it has to do with the romantic, unrealistic temperament.
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I would hate to see the idea of freedom disappear, and I wonder if maybe it will.
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Leading economists have shown that by shrinking Texas, we can actually create more income for Texas in the long run.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.
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Words are charms. It's like a song you didn't even know you knew.
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Once, America's size in the imagination was limitless. After Europeans settled and changed it, working from the coasts inland, its size in the imagination shrank.
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I suppose anybody just losing it and sputtering curses is pretty funny. But I think it would be more of a challenge, much more of a challenge, to make a cursing dad funny.
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I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
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