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"All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also."
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"Nobody’s as serious about health and fitness as me, and staying fit is my top priority."
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"Serious journalism need not be solemn."
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"The only time anyone has ever gotten into serious trouble was when he decided he could do nothing about something."
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"Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious."
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"If you're an addict, if you drink and you're putting a depressant into your body, it's going to cause serious problems."
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"Man's most serious activity is play."
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"Mr. McCabe thinks that I am not serious but only funny, because Mr. McCabe thinks that funny is the opposite of serious. Funny is the opposite of not funny and nothing else."
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"We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint."
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"How to please the public - that's the test, But nowadays I find I'm in a fix; I know they're not accustomed to the best, But they've all read so much they know the tricks. How can we give then something fresh and new That's serious, but entertaining too?"
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"Boxing is always serious. Nothing comical or funny about boxing."
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"When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll come.'"
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"Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?"
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"It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity."
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"The world is too serious. To get mad at a work of art-because maybe somebody, somewhere is blowing his stack over what I've done-is like getting mad at a hot fudge sundae."
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"I don't take me seriously. If we get some giggles, I don't mind."
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"All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world."
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"Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor."
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"The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time."
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