A Quote by Matthew Healy

I think one of the dangers of humor is becoming seduced by it and sacrificing the story for a few laughs.

Matthew Healy

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Becoming Dangers Few Humor Laughs Story Think

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Matthew Healy
English - Musician
Born: April 8, 1989

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.

John Ratzenberger

I just think that the people who say: 'That's not true' when someone tells a story at dinner are the people who didn't get any laughs when they told their story.

David Sedaris

There are a lot of laughs in this movie, but it's not just about the laughs. It's really about the story, about a guy who finds his soul and realizes what's truly important.

Peter Farrelly

Life is always full of dangers and I don't think one should avoid dangers.

Indira Gandhi

One of the reasons I wanted to write a memoir was because I'm tired of telling my story. [Laughs] So I can say, here, read it, this is everything that happened. There are a bunch of cool stories of the transition of me becoming a receiver from a quarterback in college to being a special teams guy, a role player, to working my way to the role I've earned now.

Julian Edelman

In cyberspace, it is becoming increasingly difficult to uphold security for one's own country by sacrificing that of others.

Lu Wei

Life is seductive, yet so few allow themselves to be seduced.

Jewel

To think in terms of what the effect of a story is going to be, as opposed to trying to discover its inner logic, is one of the fundamental dangers in the process.

David Milch

One of the biggest dangers in Hollywood is becoming typed.

Luise Rainer

Sometimes we and the members of Coldplay have an orgy together, (Martin) insists we don't invite any women, but I always invite a few. Usually I sing Fake Plastic Trees while he reams me from behind *Laughs* It wears me out *laughs*.

Thom Yorke

I didn't think that anything is beyond humor - not profane humor, but a good, honest approach to humor.

Mort Sahl

It's an old story, really: seduced and corrupted, in the end, by an obsessive love for the text.

Jack O'Connell

There are very few topics where I can imagine that you might not find humor. And I was stunned at how much weird and dark humor there was when my mom died.

Peter Hedges

I think I love humor in poetry, but not that slapstick cheap easy humor, but that uncomfortable, "did she say that out loud?" kind of humor.

Victoria Chang

I always have to come back to shows to take out the improvements actors have put in. Laughs are addictive, and sometimes they're good laughs, and sometimes they're bad laughs.