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Paul Lynde Quotes

Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: June 13, 1926 - January 10, 1982

Topics

Comedy Always Realism Must Almost

Is it racist to prefer country music over the blues? Or is it simply a classic case of tribal antipathy toward the unfamiliar, in favor of gravitating to what you know?

Music You Country Blues Know Over

In 1955 music wasn't that important. Music was a kind of a special thing you went and did.

Music You Important Kind Special

Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences.

People Grow Understanding Differences

Progressive rock was happening.

Rock Progressive Happening

Right now, I'm worth a million dollars, and I owe Uncle Sam a million-and-a-half dollars, and I made a deal with him. I said, 'Uncle Sam, I'm going to pay you 25 grand a month.'

Worth You Uncle Said Now Right

I love drawing Ryan Reynolds in his Deadpool costume. He looks amazing and is the true embodiment of the Merc with a Mouth!

Love Amazing Drawing Mouth Looks He

I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.

Think Seriously Mail Take Fan Your

I think I just have this need to be a storyteller. That's why I wasn't a great dancer - I couldn't articulate a story. I was a better choreographer. I have the need to to just express myself in that way. I can't explain it.

Great Myself Story Think Better Why

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.

Religion Hypocrite Difference Lies

My mum fought for feminism in her day so instilled in me the importance of equality. She taught me so much about women.

Women Day Equality Me She Feminism

I used to think that, given enough goodwill, anybody would be able to 'get' any music, no matter how distant the culture from which it came. And then I heard Chinese opera.

Music Culture Think Enough Matter

When I was 14, my mother died. My father, who had always had ulcers, came apart. He had a series of intestinal operations, and was in the hospital for nearly a year. So the four of us teenagers lived by ourselves in the apartment without a guardian.

Father Mother Year Hospital Without

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