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Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh, instead of exhausting, the system; such as recur frequently, rather than continue long; such as send us back to our daily duties invigorated in body and spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by self-respect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life has a higher end than to be amused. (Pierce David Hyde)
Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose at most a merry fellow; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man. (Pierce David Hyde)
Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy. (Pierce David Hyde)
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. (Pierce David Hyde)
People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any act of Parliament. (Pierce David Hyde)
If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place. (Pierce David Hyde)
Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better. (Pierce David Hyde)
People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama. (Pierce David Hyde)
I never had my own name on a bathing suit on Baywatch. I was always given one that said Pamela or Yasmine. I earned my own suit, at the end of the season, which I now have framed. (Pierce David Hyde)
Fun wouldn't be the right word... It was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards. (Pierce David Hyde)
But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again. (Pierce David Hyde)
It was big fun. Jamie and Anthony Anderson - and Taye Diggs - we just had a great time. (Pierce David Hyde)
If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny? (Pierce David Hyde)
Good morning starshine, the Earth says hello! (Pierce David Hyde)
Good morning starshine, the Earth says hello! (Pierce David Hyde)
Fun? There is no fun. (Pierce David Hyde)
Like, whoa, this is gonna be fun. (Pierce David Hyde)
Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it. (Pierce David Hyde)
It was a lot more fun to work that way (Pierce David Hyde)
“So, I'm the Eighth Wonder of the World. It's flattering and very, very funny.” (Pierce David Hyde)
“Its overwhelming, ... Its funny. You never put a price tag on yourself, so I didn't think it would go that high!” (Pierce David Hyde)
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