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1.
Funny Woman: The Life and Times of Fanny Brice
Contributors:
Publisher:
Indiana University Press 1991
Subjects:
Brice, Fanny
Comedians--United States--Biography
Singers--United States--Biography
Actors--United States--Biography
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...I just get out on the stage and act natural. I'm funny enoughnatural. When I plan ahead of time what I want to do it falls flat...away with it.But I've got to feel like being funny or I'm a frost. I've got to get ina mood for it...
2.
Pretend the World Is Funny and Forever: A Psychological Analysis of Comedians, Clowns, and Actors
Contributors:
Publisher:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 1981
Subjects:
Actors--Psychology
Comedians--Psychology
Wit And Humor--Psychological Aspects
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...thetime." She indicated that she had always been funny. ("I was born funny.")When she was 5 years old her teacher...making the kids giggle. She said, "Iwas just funny. I am shy, but I am not shy when I laugh." She...
3.
That's Funny, You Don't Look like a Teacher! Interrogating Images and Identity in Popular Culture
Contributors:
Publisher:
Falmer Press 1995
Subjects:
Teachers--Great Britain--Public Opinion
Public Opinion--Great Britain
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...of a teacher, I still come up with the same figure I used to think of when I was younger…it seems like we can't completely...Brigitte, student teacher) (italics added) It's funny how I believe myself to be non-traditional yet here was...
4.
Funny Business: The Rise and Fall of Steve Vizard
Contributors:
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin 2007
Subjects:
Vizard, Steve, 1956-
Vizard, Steve, 1956---Trials, Litigation, Etc
Businessmen--Australia--Biography
Entertainers--Australia--Biography
Insider Trading in Securities--Australia
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...personally. And yet Steve Vizard, funny man, philan­thropist and...would not be long enough for me. I will never, everwork with that man again. I am just really horrified, angry...amazed,disappointed [and] sad. I feel as though my trust has been...
5.
Leadership Secrets of Elizabeth I
Contributors:
Publisher:
Perseus Publishing 2000
Subjects:
Leadership
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Political Leadership
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"First impression is so important," Holt said. I knewright away I had made a mistake and I felt funny about it. Idressed just like they did from then on. More casual pants,denim blouse or sweater...
6.
Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Contributors:
Publisher:
Chelsea House 1998
Subjects:
Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
African American Women Authors--Biography--History and Criticism
Women Entertainers--Biography--History and Criticism
Autobiography
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...what you got? You ugly.You skinny. You shape funny. You too scared to open your mouth to people...time, she finds words to resist Mr.___:I curse you, I say.What that mean? he say.I say, Until you do right by me, everything you...
7.
I. Compton-Burnett
Publisher:
Unknown 1951
Subjects:
Compton-Burnett, I. (Ivy), 1884-1969
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...going to begin,so you need not think it is. I do not expect to have my wordstaken up as if I were a woman on the common line. I am avery exceptional person and in a tragic position...have fared forth without them? It is really a funny story.
8.
Jacobean Pageant: Or, the Court of King James I
Contributors:
Publisher:
Harvard University Press 1962
Subjects:
Great Britain--History--James I, 1603-1625
Great Britain--Court And Courtiers--History--17th Century
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...said, 'Well, let him pass; I believe it is some ScottishLord...had concocted a wonderfully funny piece entitled Eastward Ho.At...there:And for my own part, I would a hundred thousand of...ownScottish accent, says, 'I ken the man weel; he's one...
9.
In Thought and Action: The Enigmatic Life of S.I. Hayakawa
Contributors:
Publisher:
University of Nebraska Press 2011
Subjects:
Hayakawa, S. I. (Samuel Ichiyae), 1906-1992
College Teachers--United States--Biography
Legislators--United States--Biography
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...foundMarge’s “wild mother” very funny: “At breakfast she might say,‘Have...much impressed: “Don’t think that I am looking a gift horsein the mouth when I express the opinion that ‘Cousin’...
10.
The Creation of Heaven and Earth: Re-Interpretation of Genesis I in the Context of Judaism, Ancient Philosophy, Christianity, and Modern Physics
Contributors:
Publisher:
Brill 2005
Subjects:
Creation--Biblical Teaching--Congresses
Cosmology--History--Congresses
Biblical Cosmology--Congresses
Bible. O.T. Genesis I--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc.--Congresses
Bible. N.T.--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc.--Congresses
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...come toa close; more would probably have been boring to his public. We maywonder, though, what actually would have been so funny about thispassage. First, of course, the application of cosmogony to ornithogony.Second, the playing with the traditional...
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