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Quote by Lucille Ball
I found the quickest and easiest way to do that was to make people laugh.
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The speaker says that making people laugh was the fastest and simplest way to achieve an unstated goal. The quote presents humor as an effective, easy approach, without explaining what “that” refers to.
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- The Saturday Evening Post
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