Sentences with phrase «write funny stories»

I too am a pastor and not a comedian but I do write funny stories.

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GALLOWAY: Well I think Paul Haggis said this kind of funny story about you saying, you know, there's this other project I'd like you to write but I need you to come and meet my partner on it.

It's funny how most all those books were written by men in different time periods, and yet there stories all go back and match those of the ancient Egyptians.

Do all you idiots really believe in those fairytales written hundreds or even thousands of years ago... I like the reading the bible and now starting with the Koran... at times the stories are way funnier than my sunday comics... so far both seem to be full of % $ # @t

John Darnielle is one of his generation's finest songwriters — a phenomenally gifted storyteller who mostly writes songs that are short stories in turns funny, acerbic, heartbreaking and deeply insightful.

what a funny story, this is a 4th century gnostic writing that this «scholar» is trying to tie to the 2nd century, at least 100 years after all the eye witnesses have passed away.

The year's funniest movie is probably The Big Sick, a heartwarming romantic comedy written by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon, who tell their own life story in this film about an interracial couple dealing with their cultural differences.

Just wanted to say thank you not only for your recipes but also for your writing in general: cooking books aren't supposed to be funny, but your little stories make me laugh out loud, more please!

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I said «I'm just reading a funny story that somebody wrote.

; and cartoonist Rob Scott drew a funny cartoon about it on his maddermen.com blog — even though the studies I cited were so old that numerous stories have been written over the years (better than mine) about the same thing.

The funny mom admits that even though she put a humorous spin on the story, «I have been embarrassed to write this story for a while, but every time I meet someone in person and tell them they are surprised and feel really terrible for me that I went through it.

Trying to conceive, LGBTQ parenting, birth stories of all variety, experiencing loss, early days and later struggles, joy and tough times and hope and forgiveness, funny stuff and sexy stuff and stuff you didn't think you could say out loud but just wrote it down.

THE PERFECT PILLOW (Disney - Hyperion On Sale February 6, 2018) written by Eric Pinder and illustrated by Chris Sheban is the adorably funny story of Brody and his stuffed dragon, Horst, setting out on an adventure to find the perfect place to rest for the night.

I just wanted to write a harmless, funny story in the midst of this crazy season.

Read Funny Short Stories or write your very own!

UnEpic delivers an unoriginal but well written story, packed with some funny lines; a solid action platform gameplay, full of back tracking and respawn; and some hardcore RPG elements.

I'm sure aspects of this story have been exaggerated or made up entirely, but there are clever editing and writing techniques to make certain dramatic sequences quite funny at times.

Together the performances mark the perfect recipe in a beautifully written story is both funny in the most surprising parts and touching when it needs to be.

This game has the worst plot out of any game I've ever played by far, it's RARELY funny, and the story literally seems like it was written by 6 year olds.

This sequel, following Kenneth Branagh's reasonably funny 2011 film, was written by no less than five writers, who between them have only mustered another dull, achingly generic story about saving the world.

Since then, the two have also written and directed the equally strong 2008 baseball drama Sugar, as well as last year's It's Kind of a Funny Story — which, okay, isn't quite on par with the others, but it was pretty cute all the same.

«Split into chapters, replicating short stories, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is top - tier Noah Baumbach and it's really beautiful to see Sandler giving it his all and crafting such a warmhearted but damaged character,» we wrote in our review of the movie when it premiered at Cannes this year, «while Stiller — a Baumbach regular — is very funny as the youngest Meyerowitz, doing his best to distance himself from his father and siblings, but realising home is where the heart is.stories, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is top - tier Noah Baumbach and it's really beautiful to see Sandler giving it his all and crafting such a warmhearted but damaged character,» we wrote in our review of the movie when it premiered at Cannes this year, «while Stiller — a Baumbach regular — is very funny as the youngest Meyerowitz, doing his best to distance himself from his father and siblings, but realising home is where the heart is.Stories (New and Selected) is top - tier Noah Baumbach and it's really beautiful to see Sandler giving it his all and crafting such a warmhearted but damaged character,» we wrote in our review of the movie when it premiered at Cannes this year, «while Stiller — a Baumbach regular — is very funny as the youngest Meyerowitz, doing his best to distance himself from his father and siblings, but realising home is where the heart is.»

What's funny is that they've both written survivalist stories before: Beaufoy penned «127 Hours,» while Nicholson wrote last year's «Unbroken.»

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Written and directed by the team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson, Sugar, It's Kind Of A Funny Story), Mississippi Grind superficially resembles Robert Altman's great California Split, in which Elliott Gould and George Segal play best friends united by their passion for winning — and then immediately losing — vast sums of money.

In pursuing that goal, Sestero and Bissell thoughtfully tell a genuinely affecting story, and elevate The Disaster Artist from a funny, diverting curio to a truly vital piece of pop film writing.

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So — to borrow the language of Eliot's countrymen — prepare to be gobsmacked by the terrific British import Their Finest, a smart, funny, and moving period story of a woman (Gemma Arterton) who stumbles into a job writing WWII propaganda movies.

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It's actually kind of impressive how far out of his way screenwriter Nicholas Stoller went to not come up with a coherent story, and then you remember that he's written some funny movies that had a story (the two most recent Muppets films, for starters), and that's when the feeling of being cheated sets in.

But his latest feature, «Suburbicon,» provides reason for hope: for one thing, it's based on an»80s Coen brothers screenplay (rewritten by Clooney and his long - time writing and producing partner Grant Heslov) and it's a dark James Cain «Double Indemnity» story starring Clooney's «Oceans» co-star Matt Damon as a hapless miscreant — no one plays dumb and funny better — and an adept cast of smart comedy actors, including Julianne Moore as his wife and Oscar Isaac as the suspicious insurance man hounding them.

His screenplays are tight, funny, well - written and fun, but his stories can be cliched and predictable.

Though the story is old hat, the sharp writing and uproariously funny cast make it feel new again, and every scene feels fresh.

I'm no writer, but as the picture moved along I found myself thinking, «If they had done (this or that) in that situation it would have been funnier that what they wrote into the story.»

But even better and more notable was his turn in «Ant - Man» in which he created probably the film's most memorable, endearing (and funny) character, in motormouthed «master thief» Luis, whose uniquely intricate way of telling a story is maybe the best character attribute written into any big - budget movie (so far) this year.

Mistress America is a sharply written, expertly crafted, and perfectly paced comedy that has the funniest and possibly most relatable dialogue and story this year has seen.

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In fact, the movie as a whole is much funnier than you might expect, using comedy to break up the monotonous nature of the story, and it works remarkably well thanks to a combination of smart writing, great actors and pitch - perfect editing by James Herbert.

And it's a fine film, with good writing, funny visual gags, and a surprisingly heart - warming story about trying to find your place in a large scary world.

However, when he saw FUNNY PEOPLE with Aubrey Plaza, it all clicked — he was going to write a character specifically for Plaza, whom he didn't yet know but hoped he could interest in the story.

It's also funny to see Baxter try to interact with society, limited by the conventions of his character as written for purposes of the story he came from.

Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (who won an Oscar for penning the 2011 tragicomedy «The Descendants») also deserve a lot of credit for writing a movie that's as smart, funny and sweet as it is incredibly heartbreaking at times, because although their coming - of - age story follows an all too familiar journey, they manage to make it feel like an entirely fresh experience.

And now I can write my own love story with Mimoun's very funny new book, which is perfect for anyone who's still searching for the right one this Valentine's Day.

«It struck me as kind of funny that so many writers immediately limit themselves with a certain page restriction when they set out to write a story, especially when print technology and the major distribution systems are perfectly capable of handling stories of basically any length,» Prabhaker tells us.

At this point, it's kind of a funny story — ha ha, look at the little author, she can't write a query for shi — um, for the life of her.

It's the real - life story of the original bear that inspired A.A. Milne's Winnie - the - Pooh books, written by the great - grandaughter of the Canadian soldier who cared for the funny little bear.

Funny, interesting, and written so that you can read it out loud while still sounding like you are just having a conversation or telling a story.

The author deals with the sensitive topics of disorders and mental illness, and he writes a page - turning story that is both unflinching and compassionate, tender and tragic, heartbreaking and funny.

Written by Tom Root (of Robot Chicken fame), it's a laugh - out - loud funny story about Jughead selling his soul to a witch for an elaborate hamburger — and then, in true Riverdale style, his friends all sell their souls to try to get him back.