"Every single fat comic uses his weight as a punchline. There is something sad about that."

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Source : "Chatological Humor: The Big Fat Debate, Part 2". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. February 17, 2009.

Gene Weingarten

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“My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.”
“Experts say that Iraq may have nuclear weapons. That's bad news - they may have a nuclear bomb. Now the good news is that they have to drop it with a camel.”
“You don't realize how language actually interferes with communication until you don't have it, how it gets in the way like an overdominant sense. You have to pay much more attention to everything else when you can't understand the words. Once comprehension comes, so much else falls away. You then rely on their words, and words aren't always the most reliable thing.”

Source : Lily King (2014). “Euphoria”, p.62, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I'm not doing well. Don't try to talk about this to my sister Liz. She will know it sooner or later.”
“To espresso or to latte, that is the question...whether 'tis tastier on the palate to choose white mocha over plain...or to take a cup to go. Or a mug to stay, or extra cream, or have nothing, and by opposing the endless choice, end one's heartache...”
“Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Think of their needs.”
“I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.”
“I am Sailor Moon, champion of justice! On behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you! - sailor moon”

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