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"Ten times must you laugh during the day, and be cheerful; otherwise your stomach, the father of affliction, will disturb you in the night."
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"The true and lasting genius of humour does not drag you thus to boxes labelled 'pathos,' 'humour,' and show you all the mechanism of the inimitable puppets that are going to perform. How I used to laugh at Simon Tapperwit, and the Wellers, and a host more! But I can't do it now somehow; and time, it seems to me, is the true test of humour. It must be antiseptic."
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"I see a funny guy who's imperfect, but has a great heart and no vanity when it comes to what he'll do to get a laugh. I see a guy who loves his art and loves his family, and who is willing to live and die for both."
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"Even in despair, man must laugh."
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"My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me - and laugh."
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"And suddenly I realize that although I've never thought about being in love with Nick before, all the right ingredients are there. I fancy him. I like him. He's my friend. He makes me laugh. I love being with him. And I start to feel all sort of warm and glowy, and screw the other stuff. Screw the stuff about him having no money, and living in a bedsit, and not being what I thought I wanted. I'm just going to go with this and see where it ends up. I mean, no one says I have to marry the guy, for God's sake."
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"A guy gave me a job at an information booth - no questions asked."
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"The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul."
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"A good time for laughing is when you can."
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"I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they don't."
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"He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat."
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"I'm an entertainer, not a commentator. If you're a comedian your job is to make people laugh."
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"What teenagers are ready to laugh at is the misery of other people."
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"We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we can coordinate them into an international movement, capitalism just laughs at all these little organisations."
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"I don't mind being laughed at: that's something I really don't mind, and I think that's kept me sane. My ability to laugh at myself and allow others to laugh at me has been my saving grace."
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"When a woman says nothing's wrong, that means everything's wrong. And when a woman says everything's wrong, that means everything's wrong! And when a woman says something's not funny, you'd better not laugh your ass off!"
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"Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible, you laugh. That, I think, is part of the Great Love."
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"Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives."
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"Every day offers you 10,000 reasons to cry, but if you can find just one reason to laugh then you will be all right."
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