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We have a telescope that takes images, and we use a very nice computer program to isolate the moving images. And then, every potentially new asteroid is vetted by eye, so we take a look at each one, and then we send our observations to the Minor Planet Center. ”
It can't hurt to go to the people you love, whose blood type courses through your veins and whose DNA, from a certain angle, contains many of the same markings as yours. You don't have to take their advice, but let them share their version of solutions to life's difficulties. Good or bad - it could be interesting. ”
Going to AA helped me to see that there were other people who had problems that had found a way to talk about them and find relief and humor through that. ”
If my life wasn't funny, it would just be true, and that's unacceptable. ”
I think that art, and making music or comedy, is a way of positing yourself on the map and then trying to find other people out there with you. ”
I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways. ”
With Portlandia, I don't think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor comes from taking something really seriously. We're okay with making somebody feel uncomfortable or uneasy. ”
I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres. ”
I really like sardonicism and wit. I love the writing of Joy Williams and Lorrie Moore. I like Tina Fey, Amy Schumer. ”
The Talk-Funny Girl' opens with a glum picture of a desperately poor rural New England family. Poverty has so brutalized the family that the ordinary laws and rules governing humanity have eroded, turning systems of behavior upside down. ”