You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny.
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Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
I think you figure out how to be funny by necessity. It's not a natural thing, being funny in the face of tragedy is kind of demented.
I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.
Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.
Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.
There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.
As comedians, we are all laughing because life is so horrible. Life is so difficult, and I cope with it by making jokes about absolutely everything.
You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.
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