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«Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter.»
«You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown who make people happy, but inside he's real sad. Also, he has severe diarrhea.»
«ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for the clown himself imitated the serious characters of the play. The zany was progenitor to the specialist in humor, as we to-day have the unhappiness to know him. In the zany we see an example of creation; in the humorist, of transmission. Another excellent specimen of the modern zany is the curate, who apes the rector, who apes the bishop, who apes the archbishop, who apes the devil.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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«You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if you make jokes or kid or even clown. I wouldn't kid Our Lord if he was on the cross. But I would attempt a joke with him if I ran in»
Author: Ernest Hemingway
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academic, Academics, characters, clown, jokes, kid, ran, sign of the cross, The cross, worthless
«What the banker sighs for, the meanest clown may have, - leisure and a quiet mind»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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«To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad.»
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