Clown Quotes - Page 18

• I was two votes away from class clown in high school.

  Ed Gordon

  School, Class, Two

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Words move, turning over like tumbling clowns; like certain books and like fleas, they possess activity. All men equally have the right to say, 'This word shall bear this meaning,' and see if they can get it across. It is a sporting game, which all can play, only all cannot win.

  Rose Macaulay

  Moving, Book, Winning

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• You know, I was the class clown in Catholic school, but I never thought I would make a living out of it!

  Sofia Vergara

  School, Class, Catholic

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• I wasn't the class clown, but I was starting to become the "crazy guy" at law school, which is the guy who is not so much "crazy" as "annoying."

  Demetri Martin

  Crazy, School, Law

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When I was young I was on punishment a lot and I used to watch a lot of TV, and I asked myself a question: 'How come people like Mike? How come they like Magic? How come they like Bird? How come they don't like the big guys?' So I just throw a little bit of what they were doing. You smile, you act crazy and silly. And I think people like me because I'm different. I've always been a class clown type of guy. It comes natural.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Crazy, Silly

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• Lonely dissent doesn't feel like going to school dressed in black. It feels like going to school wearing a clown suit.

  Eliezer Yudkowsky

  Lonely, School, Black

  "Lonely Dissent". lesswrong.com. December 28, 2007.

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• Whenever the circus would come to town, I would tell Ethan all kinds of kinky clown domination stories involving the leather clown, like the time she forced me to have sex with her in the little car, or the time she kept spraying me with the seltzer bottle until I obeyed her every command. Ethan and I would laugh and laugh at these tall tales, but I could tell deep down, he was wondering whether the leather clown was really real or not. And I would let him wonder.

  John S. Hall

  Sex, Real, Laughing

  "Song: 'Leather Clown' ('They')". 1988.

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• Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown.

  Gordon Lightfoot

  Thinking, Fool, Virtue

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• I was doing a show at the National Youth Theatre, playing an old man. Before that I had played fat clowns and I thought, 'If I want to have the career I would like, I am going to have to lose weight.' I was just starting drama school, and found I was moving around a lot. I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off.

  Harry Melling

  Drama, Moving, School

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• I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.

  Bernie Mac

  Names, People, Laughing

  Interview, www.ign.com. March 27, 2003.

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• I think a lot of people assume from my music and stuff I'm constantly talking about deep and meaningful things, but then with my friends I'm just a class clown.

  Ella Henderson

  Meaningful, Thinking, Talking

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• My mom was my English teacher in high school. So to be able to bend the rules and be the class clown and get to take on my religion, my mom, and my town all at the same time was glorious. I think the desire to be funny was a mixture of wanting to be liked but also wanting to throw your elbows a bit. If you're cracking a joke in school, it's sort of anti-authority, but it's in the nicest, "Please like me!" way.

  Paul Rust

  Mom, Teacher, School

  "Meet the Star of 'Love,' Judd Apatow’s New Netflix Series". Interview with Grace Wilson, www.motherjones.com. February 28, 2016.

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• Clown' was written when I couldn't find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next time a young songwriter comes along.

  Emeli Sande

  Artist, Thinking, Labels

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