When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
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There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.
It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
I was taking myself very seriously when I was going through life changes. And I realized that I needed to laugh at myself, particularly at my mistakes.
A joke is a way to say, 'I'm going to do something funny now. If I don't get a laugh at the end, I'm a failure.'
If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean.
You are going to fail, and failing, for me, is as joyful as succeeding. Failing means that there is something to learn, and we can improve and do it better next time.
Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.
That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.