Amusing Quotes
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Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
James Anthony Froude
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It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing
Winston Churchill
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Of course it`s hard working with a very tight schedule for filming, but once you become used to it, having more time and more margin means you can really make good use of it. Though I would probably waste it by sleeping and amusing myself.
Takashi Miike
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[on the relationship with Katie Holmes, about other people thinking it`s a publicity stunt] It`s amusing at first. It`s funny. But then you sit back and realize how sad it is that there are people who can`t even imagine feeling like this. But my friends a...
Tom Cruise
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On how to take the violence in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) (re: The final duel with Lucy Liu): "It`s supposed to be kind of amusing and poetic at the same time. And also just a teeny-tiny bit solemn. When you see her head, it`s funny. And then her line, `tha...
Quentin Tarantino
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I only read the reviews of my films if they`re amusing. Six books have been written about me but I`ve only met two of the authors. They get my name and birthplace wrong in the first paragraph. From there it`s all downhill.
Robert Mitchum
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I tend to head for what`s amusing because a lot of things aren`t happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.
Maggie Smith
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[on James Mason] He was a punctilious man, beautifully mannered, quiet, generous and amusing. I never heard him say a vicious or bitter thing about anything or anyone.
John Gielgud
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[on David Niven] Now if I could be David Niven, I`d be content. He knows how to live life. He`s charming, he`s amusing, he`s so up. An up man! I`m sure he`s also complicated, but he never lays it on you.
John Hurt
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I have to be human, of course, to be flattered by attention from the public. How could you not be? But it gets pretty intense when people are going after your clothes, and mobbing you in the streets, and you have to hide. That`s kind of amusing, and kind ...
Robert Redford
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Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
Alfred Frankenstein
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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
Anja Huizink
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This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one.
Ismail Merchant
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There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.
Mario Cuomo
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Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.
Allison Hanna
Source: brainyquote.com
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My reputation was a bit exaggerated. Things were written in newspapers, then copied, then doubled. One of the reasons why I never disclaimed that, was because I found it amusing. But I also constructed such an image for myself in order to gain more of a p...
Thomas Kretschmann
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
Yahoo Serious
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It`s always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written in anthropology and how it`s written now. There`s been an enormous shift in how it`s done, but yet you can`t put your finger on someone who actually did it.
Alan Loewenstein
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It`s a warm-hearted, amusing and sometimes very touching, play. I think the audience will laugh and be moved. And they will thoroughly enjoy the singing.
Tom Murray
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If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain any of the fun that sounded amusing.
Bing Crosby
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I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
David Bailey
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I mean I can do it when I`m very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.
Rowan Atkinson
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I love that kind of wild attitude in creating things. It is very amusing to me that so many people, designers, creators are trying to remake the `60s. I did (it) at the beginning, just for sort of mockery but gentle mockery,
Antonio Coghill
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I guess there`s a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that`s because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that`s poking fun at the character. But the character is your own inve...
Joel Coen
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I guess I can be moderately amusing at times, but the idea of standing up in front of 200 people with beers is just too frightening.
Pat Sajak
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I find it quite amusing that I can frighten children by just saying, Puppies. Usually they`re disappointed I don`t actually have black and white hair.
Glenn Close
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I die pretty much every year. I find it amusing.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
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I always find it amusing ... Compared to having your prostate removed? ... The only side effects are you feel better and it helps prevent heart disease.
Angela Lenhart
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It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
Charles Baudelaire
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Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
Abu Dajana
