"My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, ‘Mom, they weren’t trying to teach you how to swim.’"
― Paula Poundstone
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More From Paula Poundstone
- "I don’t have a bank account because I don’t know my mother’s maiden name."
- "I have a very silly sense of humor. I’ve never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe."
- "I’m thankful for Sarah Palin’s vice presidential bid, which taught us that Alaska is not in a box off the coast of California."
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- "I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn’t allowed to do it at home because my mom said that when your work day is done, you’re done with work."― Jodie Foster
- "I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people."― Viola Davis
- "The news is what it is. It’s going to be good, it’s going to be positive, it’s going to be negative. It’s going to have all sorts of effects on candidates always."― Mark E. Hyman