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How time flies when one has fun!
(Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Irish dramatist, novelist. Vladimir, in Waiting for Godot, p. 49, Grove Press (1954).)
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people—that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
(James Thurber (1894-1961), U.S. humorist, illustrator. Transcript of Ed Murrow's television show Small World, CBS-TV (March 25, 1959). New York Post.)
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Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.
(William Blake (1757-1827), British poet, painter, engraver. letter, Aug. 23, 1799. The Letters of William Blake (1956).)
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People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any act of Parliament.
(A.P. (Sir Alan Patrick) Herbert (1890-1971), British author, politician. Lord Light, in Uncommon Law, "Is it a Free Country?" (1935).)
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People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any act of Parliament.
(A.P. (Sir Alan Patrick) Herbert (1890-1971), British author, politician. Lord Light, in Uncommon Law, "Is it a Free Country?" (1935).)
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
(Erica Jong (b. 1942), U.S. author. How To Save Your Own Life, epigraph to "Bennett tells all in Woodstock ... ," (1977).)
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The difficulty about all this dying, is that you can't tell a fellow anything about it, so where does the fun come in?
(Alice James (1848-1892), U.S. diarist, sister of Henry and William James. letter, Dec. 11, 1891, to her brother, psychologist William James. The Diary of Alice James, ed. Leon Edel (1964).)
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...I've found out it's fun to go shopping. It's such a feminine thing to do.
(Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), U.S. actor. As quoted in Ms. magazine, p. 41 (August 1972).
Raised in very modest circumstances, Monroe had recently gained fame and wealth as a movie actress.)
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A budget takes the fun out of money.
(Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Thirteenth Selection, New York (1994).)
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Having money is rather like being a blond. It is more fun but not vital.
(Mary Quant (b. 1936), British fashion designer. quoted in Observer (London, Nov. 2, 1986).)
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