Emmett Kelly Quotes

A clown's makeup and character, that's all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.

~ Emmett Kelly

Believes Character Clown He Loves Makeup Sell

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By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life.

~ Emmett Kelly

Audience Back Battles Done Gives Going Laughing Laughs Life Me Realizing Really Second Sort Spiritual Them Themselves Wind

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I haven't had a stationary home since going with the circus, but since my parents lived in Lafayette about 25 years ago and my sister lives here now, I always claim it as home.

~ Emmett Kelly

About Always Circus Claim Going Had Here Home Lived Lives Now Parents Since Sister Stationary Years Years Ago

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Incongruity, they say, is one of the main ingredients of humor. Maybe it's because everybody can feel superior to me. I honestly don't know.

~ Emmett Kelly

Because Everybody Feel Honestly Humor Ingredients Know Main Maybe Me Say Superior They Say

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'Weary Willie' is very real to me. He is a man who has given up. The boat has gone and left him. The cards are stacked against him. He's content to make out with what he's got. He knows he'll go no further.

~ Emmett Kelly

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Emmett Kelly

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09 December, 1898

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28 March, 1979

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