Word: humors
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...trying to help me sell my message because we don’t have any money to sell my message. And that’s why I’m running, is to get the message out. So I go along with them on it. If it means humor, if it means singing, I’ll do whatever they think as long as it’s dignified. And I believe in humor. I have a very good sense of humor...
...peers will miss his style now that he has been felled by scandal. Disdain for the governor's bellicosity was the one thing that united both parties in New York's fractious state government. His successor is Lt. Governor David Paterson - Spitzer's diametric opposite. With his mellow voice, humor and self-deprecation, Paterson has become a popular speaker in New York's political circles. "He has a winning personality," says State Senator Bill Perkins, a Democrat whose 30th District seat Paterson used to occupy. "He's very funny, very witty, and he makes an effort to not just...
...think people reacted so strongly? Well, one thing about my column that I think jumped out at people is that there's not too much humor in the Modern Love column, typically, and there's not too much humor in The New York Times. So it sort of jumped off the page in that respect. And as much as I love The New York Times, it doesn't give you a real sense of everyday life...
...think of the great and the shining lights of this University and turn to the dead, the name that leads all others is that of our friend, Zeph Stewart,” said Rev. Peter J. Gomes. Despite the gravity of the occasion, the service did not lack humor in honor of Stewart who on one occasion brought down a pet boa constrictor to remove loiterers from the dining hall, according to Sarah Stewart. “For want of a better word, [Zeph] also had his impish side,” Thomas said at one point, before recalling Stewart?...
...throughout the film.But Dunn’s real coup is the interviews, in which a variety of characters speak with disarming candor. Ann Richards, former governor of Texas, is shown in one of the last interviews she gave before her death, twinkling in front of the camera with wry humor. Ancient ranchers with weather-lined faces straight out of “No Country for Old Men” talk about the changes they’ve seen. Dunn also interviews the opposition—most notably a local lobbyist for Freeport, an international development company. Throughout the interview...