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Paula Poundstone Quotes

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

Paula Poundstone

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: December 29, 1959

Topics

Time Death Tired Feeling Sin Taxes

I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine happen to be often rude. Yes, it's juvenile, but that's me.

Funny Me Plan You Find Rude

It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was really, really interesting because you didn't have to be a virtuoso to make music, it was more about your desire to express things.

Music Time New York Interesting You

I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that I realise I've been writing about myself again.

Friend Myself Me Writing Believe Up

I honestly believe that advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

Jerry Della Femina

Fun Advertising Believe Clothes You

Snatam Kaur is a yogini, and I find her music deeply spiritual. I feel more love and I feel more peace when I listen to her music.

Love Music Peace Spiritual Feel Her

I used to take five or six books away and bring five or six books back. Nobody gave me direction or advice and I read much in the way that a boy might watch television.

Me Direction Advice Back Television

I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do.

Work Fun People Have Fun Plan Never

Singing is the love of my life, but I was ready to give it all up because I couldn't handle people talking about how fat I was.

Life Love People Singing Fat Ready

We've forgotten how to remember, and just as importantly, we've forgotten how to pay attention. So, instead of using your smartphone to jot down crucial notes, or Googling an elusive fact, use every opportunity to practice your memory skills. Memory is a muscle, to be exercised and improved.

Opportunity Practice Memory Remember

People would like better batteries but they are wary of making investments. What is required is both a technology push and a market pull.

Technology People Better Push Market

Our society's dependence on imagery says a lot about our values.

Chelsea Manning

Society Values Imagery Dependence

The Men at Work thing is always there, it's always going to be there. It's not something I consciously think that much about anymore. The thing that stays with you is the songs, which is a good thing for me, because the songs are the things that stand the test of time.

Work Good Time Men Me Think

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