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“It was a dangerous profession I had chosen ... because no one likes a funny kid. In fact, adults are scared silly of them and tend to warn children who act out that they are going to wind up in prison or worse. It is only when you grow up that they pay you vast sums of money to make them laugh.”

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Book:Leaving home: a memoir

Source: Leaving home: a memoir

“It all sounds almost silly, but the fact is that the only way to change a corporate culture is to just change it.”

Way Facts Culture Sound Silly Corporate Corporate Culture

Book:From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback

Source: From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback

“It is of first-rate importance to notice from the start that stupidity is not the same thing, or the same sort of thing, as ignorance. There is no incompatibility between being well-informed and being silly, and a person who has a good nose for arguments or jokes may have a bad head for facts.”

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Book:The Concept of Mind

Source: The Concept of Mind

“The fact is that much of advertising's power comes from this belief that advertising does not affect us. The most effective kind of propaganda is that which is not recognized as propaganda. Because we think advertising is silly and trivial, we are less on guard, less critical, than we might otherwise be. It's all in fun, it's ridiculous. While we're laughing, sometimes sneering, the commercial does its work.”

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Book:Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel

Source: Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel

“The fact is, there's a great deal of hair-splitting fussiness when it comes to fly-fishing, most of it as silly as a top hat.”

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Book:The Summer Guest

Source: The Summer Guest