It Seems To Me That Humour Is Everybody's Way Of Keeping Sane And Standing Off From The Situations So That They Can See It Intellectually, As Well As Emotionally, And I Don't Know Whether You've Noticed, But If Somebody Tells A Joke, It's Nearly Always A Mini Fantasy. - SearchQuotes

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It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can see it intellectually, as well as emotionally, and I don't know whether you've noticed, but if somebody tells a joke, it's nearly always a mini fantasy.

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