Mark Twain

Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever.

American Writer

Ken Watanabe

The characters I play are tough, but I love laughing and humor.

Japanese Actor

Jonathan Scott

I love to laugh. A sense of humor is really important.

Canadian Entertainer

Mel Brooks

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

American Comedian

Foster Friess

Life is just so much fun and so filled with humor.

American Businessman

Robertson Davies

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

Canadian Novelist

Tcheky Karyo

Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.

Turkish Actor

Patti LaBelle

People with no humor, they're outta my life.

American Musician

Tracy Morgan

American Actor

Roger von Oech

Used for steady sounds from objects or environments, not people.

Background Noise

Sets a scene by implying a place is functioning or habitable.

Atmosphere Creation

Refers to no actual lyrics being sung, just vocalized melodies.

Non-lyrical Singing

When someone hums a tune, they often feel content or happy.

Quiet Happiness

Describes a busy place, full of bustling activity or excitement.

Vibrant Place

Used to suggest an event is lively and full of spirited participants.

Energetic Event

The focus is on the unbroken, ongoing nature of a sound.

Continuity

Represents a blend of sounds that aren't distinguishable individually.

Collective Sound

Used in informal speech to indicate something smells unpleasantly.

Negative Description

The word often implies a strong or overpowering odor.

Intensity

 And it's really important for us, for example, when we're here at the balcony reading or having lunch or during a meditation in the morning, which curiously is called humming meditation it's just so special, it's just so special to get the hummingbird right here. So it really fills up a little bit my heart during these hard

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 that is not absolutely necessary for the advancement of the idea. The image and words have to  dance  together in a way that makes sense. It could be a graceful dance, or an awkward dance, if that is part of the humor or idea. And then the execution. Some cartoonists sketch the idea with pencil

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 according maybe to his humor or different circumstances of his life." Maybe your particular humor and circumstances suggest getting a symbol of cultural heritage, a sign of spirituality, sexual energy, or good old-fashioned avant-garde defiance. A reminder of a great accomplishment,

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 Yet accompanying the bleakness of Kafka's stories, there's a great deal of humor rooted in the nonsensical logic of the situations described. So on the one hand, it's easy to recognize the Kafkaesque in today's world. We rely on increasingly convoluted systems of administration

What makes something...

 and their balance directly influenced a person's health and temperament. Melancholia comes from melaina kole, the word for black bile, the humor believed to cause sadness. By changing your diet and through medical practices, you could bring your humors into balance.

A brief history of...

 Death really changes people. But that -- is my grandmother's sense of humor. But the person I felt most akin to in the world was a mother, a grandmother, a great-grandmother, a great-great-grandmother. Me? I represented the very end of my branch of the family tree.

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 Now, there is also another very important dynamic. And this is a dynamic that analysts normally don't see. This is the dynamic between fear and apathy on the one side, and enthusiasm and humor on another side. So, it works like in a video game.

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 know I feel safe here you live in terror with this paranoia of terrorism this is a very safe place you don't know what the rest of the world looks like so I go to to Chile because that's my roots and my language and the sense of humor and

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 might be why a sense of humor is absent from that list so what about going with a different language altogether the language of music soul music because of soul can be said to have a heart this surely goes right to it think Nina

The real meaning of soul...

 Humor is subjective. Comedy is trial and error. Writing is rewriting. Just keep trying. Find the flaws, discover the details, insert incongruities, incorporate k-words, and remember the most important rule of writing have fun.