Word: humorous
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HEINZ KERRY: People and their stories are the inspiration. The downsides are my inability to control my weight because I'm not exercising. For peace of mind, the mind-set is, Stay calm, stay humble, stay strong physically and keep a great sense of humor...
...like Hillary Clinton, who is more modern in the sense of wanting to be the woman politician and very focused on doing her thing seriously. Then you have someone like Laura Bush, who is much more in the mold of her mother-in-law. Supportive, with a sense of humor seemingly. I don't know her well, but she seems the right wife for her husband, and I'm glad that she was there on 9/11. And Rosalynn Carter. I knew them, but I was still young. Obviously, she's extremely bright. I keep thinking, What would Rosalynn have done...
...reminded of those Harvard Book Store readings and all the crazy Cantabrigians who invariably show up. Lapham warns of the oncoming end of democracy: “It’s much easier to live in a monarchy,” he intones. There is, however, an air of humor in his voice; I believe it stems from his happy knowledge that he’ll be long dead before the country really starts falling apart. I find this unnerving...
...Post resorted to humor to try to play it down. “Those who say The Washington Post is out of step with the country just got a new round of ammunition,” the article began. And the story also states that “The Post isn’t...confiscating copies” since, as Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. said, “Even though it’s an embarrassing mistake, it’s not a mistake in substance of stories...
...comedian's work has always been a bitter mix of drama and humor. But Rescue Me is also about how an all-male subculture handles vulnerability and loss--or denies it. Tommy's squad brusquely refuses the help of a city psychotherapist; counseling here is a bigger taboo than in the Soprano family. Lou (John Scurti), a fire fighter who expresses his grief by writing poetry about 9/11, guards this secret closely, with good reason. When his wife finds out, even she begs him to destroy it. "I don't need you to share," she says. "I love...