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Flip Wilson

Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.

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Humor only feels genuinely funny when we are relaxed and enjoying ourselves, not when we are overly serious or tense. If we take everything too seriously, then humor loses its effect and becomes lifeless.

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