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" All of Vegas is false. There's a false Paris, a false Venice, a false Baghdad - in fact, all of the early Vegas aesthetic is Baghdad, which is also the irony. It's 'Aladdin,' the sands, 'One Thousand and One Nights.' "

" Am I disappointed occasionally by the lack of irony in some movies? Yes. "

" And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes. "

" Art for Duchamp, all the arts, obey the same law: meta-irony is inherent in their very spirit. It is an irony that destroys its own negation and, hence, returns in the affirmative. "

" A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. "

" At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. "

Frederick Douglass

" But the irony is that because the band isn't the focus any more, it allows me the chance to enjoy being a member of Def Leppard much more. "

" By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately, it was not long before I secured the position I sought, that of chief electrician to the telephone company. "

" Cervantes is the most important Spanish writer. But he is not the most representative of the Spanish. His irony, his sense of humor - they are too subtle to seem Spanish. "

Antonio Munoz Molina

" Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it. "

" Each day of the Obama presidency seems to bring a new, perversely delicious irony. "

" England and Denmark have a sense of irony and a darker sense of humour that you don't necessarily find in Germany and Sweden. "

" Everyone is tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshiping the same god. "

" From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent. "

H. P. Lovecraft

" Henry Blodget does occasionally have a new idea. If you're making a point about aggregation or the emptiness of modern journalism, he's far from the best target. Try Huffpo - or Gawker writers whose souls have been corroded by irony. "

" Here's the irony in what I do: When I go out to eat, I like classic French food. I like amazing Japanese food that has such a history that it goes back hundreds of years. And I also like really innovative food as well. "

" Hollywood is a place of great irony at all times. "

" Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. "

" Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does. "

" I adore jokes. They're a theatrical contrivance, but the irony of all fiction is that you approach reality by avoiding it a bit; you spoof it a bit. "

" I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast. "

" I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can. "

" I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way. "

" I like the irony in my work. "

" I like to have my characters talking in an up-to-date way, and I like their essentially modern self-awareness, which means we can have lots of irony and jokes. "

Jonathan Stroud

" I love irony. "

" I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony. "

" I love the irony. I'm perceived as being really young and yet I have the clinical condition of an old man. "

" I love the irony of movies. I really do. For whatever reason, I'm incredibly intrigued by the irony of reality in a motion picture. "

" I'm most interested in finding the strangeness and irony in reality. That's my forte. "

Mary Ellen Mark

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