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Anxiety and hostility seem to be a great part of good and bad humor. Examining humor too closely does seem to destroy it.
Matt Groening
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Matt Groening
Age: 54
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Matthew Abram Groening
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I always thought that television was the way to go in my goal to invade pop culture because it got to towns in which there were no bookstores. That's how I used to think of it: How do I reach kids who not only don't read but probably have no access to much in the way of books?
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The French are funny, sex is funny, and comedies are funny, yet no French sex comedies are funny.
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If something is too hard to do, then it's not worth doing. You just stick that guitar in the closet next to your shortwave radio, your karate outfit and your unicycle and we'll go inside and watch TV.
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When will people learn? Democracy doesn't work! (Homer Simpson)
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You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on. Homer Simpson
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