When humor works, it works because it’s clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.
TINA FEYWhatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.
More Tina Fey Quotes
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When I turned 50, I looked in the mirror and I thought: “Hey, this isn’t the dress rehearsal, this is life and I don’t know how much longer I’m going to have!”
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If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.
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‘How do you juggle it all?’ people constantly ask me, with an accusatory look in their eyes. ‘You’re screwing it all up, aren’t you?’ their eyes say.
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In real life, people in the most dire situations must cope through humor.
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If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important Rule of Beauty. “Who cares?”
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My work is my work. I take my work seriously but I don’t take myself too seriously.
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I feel like there is a lot of inherent humor in the stress and insanity surrounding that process.
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Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions… Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.
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I prefer the retro chic of spending Christmas just like Joseph and Mary did – Traveling arduously back to the place of your birth to be counted, with no guarantee of a bed when you get there.
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According to a new study, women in satisfying marriages are less likely to develop cardiovascular diseases than unmarried women. So don’t worry, lonely women, you’ll be dead soon.
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Sometimes if you have a difficult decisin to make, just stall until the answer presents itself.
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This weight of embarrassment came over me, and I felt like I was sweating from my spine out. But I realized, ‘Okay, that happened, and I did not die.’ You’ve got to experience failure to understand that you can survive it.
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I’m not that good looking… nobody is that good looking. I have seen a lot of movie stars, and maybe four are amazing looking. The rest have a team of gay guys who make it happen.
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You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.
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If you are a woman and you bought this book for practical tips on how to make it in a male-dominated workplace, here they are. No pigtails, no tube tops. Cry sparingly.
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