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When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.
Tina Fey
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Tina Fey
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 18
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It's not vanity, because if you look weird, it will distract from what your trying to do. If you look as good as you can, people will be able to pay attention to what your actually saying.
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I had a gentleman in college tell me, during a date, that I could be really pretty if I lost some weight. On a date!
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I was a very confident little kid.
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I really love cursing a lot. But as I get older, I realize it's a little unseemly for women of a certain age.
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