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“There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel.”

Social Fiction Novel Serious Tradition Earnest

Author:John Hodgman

“I love seeing somebody act real earnest and serious, like Jackie Gleason. He makes me laugh because he reflects back to me my own serious-mindedness and how ridiculous it all is. It's always easier to see somebody else in that position than yourself, and you laugh. It's like the classic slipping on the banana peel, or someone getting hit by a pie in the face. Why do those things make us laugh? Is it from relief, like: Thank God it wasn't me? Or is it something else: I'm being very serious now. I'm pontificating earnestly and solemnly about-POW! PIE IN THE FACE! The bust-up of certainty.”

“You must be deadly serious in training. When I say that, I do not mean that you should be reasonably diligent or moderately in earnest. I mean that your opponent must always be present in your mind, whether you sit or stand or walk or raise your arms.”

Should Mind Mean Walks Serious Arms Training Raises Opponents Earnest Diligent

Author:Gichin Funakoshi

“Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.”

Ifs Want Wells Serious Earnest Amusement Importance Of Being Earnest

Book:The Importance of Being Earnest

Source: The Importance of Being Earnest

“The City seems so much more in earnest: its business, its rush, its roar are such serious things, sights and sounds. The City is getting its living - the West-End but enjoying its pleasure.”

Ends Seems Enjoy Sound Pleasure Cities Serious Sight West Earnest Serious Things Sight And Sound West End

Book:Villette

Source: Villette

“I wasn't a hippie and I wasn't even a bohemian. I was extremely earnest and serious.”

Serious Earnest Hippie Bohemian

Author:Jane Fonda