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Brian P. Cleary Quotes
Brian P. Cleary Quotes
Brian P. Cleary
American
Author
Born:
Oct 1
,
1959
Because
Books
Gone
Joke
Word
You
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Helen Keller
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Zig Ziglar
When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding out what a word means, because it's the punch line to a joke.
Brian P. Cleary
Word
Joke
Thinking
Punch
Punch Line
Kid
Out
Finding
Some
Because
Understand
Real
Line
Vested
Vested Interest
Going
Interest
Mean
Means
Things
Two
In writing I found something I could do at least as well as my peers, if not better.
Brian P. Cleary
Writing
Better
Peers
Something
Could
Well
Least
Found
It's perfectly okay if you don't understand every single one of them. For one thing, I make a lot of corny jokes, and you have to be 40 years old to get some of them.
Brian P. Cleary
You
Jokes
Old
Single
Every
Corny
Okay
One Thing
Some
Perfectly
Make
Understand
Years
Lot
Get
Them
Thing
Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it.
Brian P. Cleary
Funny
Words
Joke
Enjoy
Funny Story
Kids
Laughing
Find
Bored
About
Comprehend
Something
More
Seldom
Adult
Also
Because
Understand
Questions
Often
Story
Ask
I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated.
Brian P. Cleary
Love
Unnecessary
Sophisticated
Graceful
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