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81 " The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them. "
― Molière
82 " It's an amusing idea to some, this feminism thing - this audacious notion that women should be able to move through the world as freely, and enjoy the same inalienable rights and bodily autonomy, as men. At least, that's the impression given when feminism and feminists are all too often the targets of lazy humor. "
83 " Technologies evolve in the strangest ways. Computers were created to calculate ballistics equations, and now we use them to create amusing illusions. Creating amusing illusions is a big business if you play it right. "
84 " I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was hearing on these records, only using the instruments I had at hand - an acoustic guitar, and that's all. It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar. "
85 " I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want. "
86 " The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. "
87 " 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. "
88 " Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history. "
89 " William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others. "
90 " Any woman who diets all the time can't help but be grouchy. Nobody can be amusing or entertaining on a diet. "
91 " I love funny people, and when I'm with funny people, or people who are amusing in their weirdness, I love it. Because that to me is funny, as opposed to someone who stops and says, 'Hey let me tell you a joke.' "
92 " Working with Chaplin was very amusing and strange. His films are so funny, but working with him, I found him to be a very serious man. Whereas the films of Hitchcock are macabre, he could be a very funny man to work with, always telling jokes and holding court. Of course, when I worked with Charlie he was getting older. "
93 " However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension. "
94 " There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory. "
95 " I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad. "
96 " Life's more amusing than we thought. "
