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Leo Rosten Quotes

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 11, 1908 - February 19, 1997

Topics

Communication Humor Insight

My wife is a Christian and is extraordinary patient, logical, and philosophical. For years, I would challenge and condemn her beliefs, battering the structure of her conclusions with every argument, analogy, and evidence I could bring to bear. I am a very argumentative man, and I am as fell and subtle as a serpent in debate.

Challenge Wife Man I Am Christian

I think I'm very permeable. I can very easily, without even choosing to do it, enter the life of another. Or, to put it in a more modest and accurate way, for that life to enter mine.

Life Think I Can Way More Without

I don't have any type of sketch-comedy or stand-up background.

Background Type Any Stand-Up

Distant replay morphs into instant replay, and future replay cannot be far off.

Future Cannot Off Far Instant

When a poll is really, really out of whack with what I want to happen, I do have a tendency to disregard it.

Want Happen Out Disregard Really

I have the same attitude with work - I like to go to work, I like to work really hard I, like to give everything my all, I like to try things that are new, you know.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Work Attitude You Go New Know

Finding great training, I think, is number one. I did a lot of research and found really great teachers, and it just takes - I took a year off from school and did independent studies so that I could devote all of my time to it. But I think that training is the key, definitely, and it's not a sport.

Great Time Training School Research

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.

Lorraine Hansberry

Loneliness Challenge Men Woman Risk

I had always been interested in mythology. I suppose my brief stay in Wales during World War II influenced my writing, too. It was an amazing country. It has marvelous castles and scenery.

Lloyd Alexander

War Amazing Writing World Scenery

I have always felt a comedy's story is undercut if you have a villain who is not really menacing.

Jay Chandrasekhar

Villain Story Comedy You Always Who

An important factor influencing intergenerational mobility and trends in inequality over time is economic opportunity.

Opportunity Time Inequality Important

I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want.

Good Music Words Free Think Living

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