"More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams."
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"You have to able to make fun of yourself. Don't take things too seriously and when people make fun of you, laugh at it."
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"What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke."
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"...this is a hard world to be ludicrous in, with so many human beings so reluctant to laugh, so incapable of thought, so eager to believe and snarl and hate."
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"So I hope that there are people out there laughing. Laugh loud, please. Laugh until your lungs give out because I will have the last laugh."
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"If you can't laugh at yourself, you're cooked!"
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"In a library, you can find small miracles and truth, and you might find something that will make you laugh so hard that you will get shushed, in the friendliest way. I have found sanctuary in libraries my whole life, and there is sanctuary there now, from the war, from the storms of our families and our own minds. Libraries are like mountains or meadows or creeks: sacred space. So this afternoon, I'll walk to the library."
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"Imagine if birds were tickled by feathers. You'd see a flock of birds come by, laughing hysterically!"
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"Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity."
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"A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man."
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"To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!"
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"I dont want to sound gloomy, but, at some point of your lives, every one of you will notice that you have in your life one person, one friend whom you love and care for very much. That person is so close to you that you are able to share some things only with him. For example, you can call that friend, and from the very first maniacal laugh or some other joke you will know who is at the other end of that line. We used to do that with him so often. And then when that person is gone, there will be nothing like that in your life ever again."
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"The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world. In other words, I can only recommend perspective and distance."
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"We are nowhere forbidden to laugh."
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"Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear."
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"I don't know what happiness is. I don't know what sweet caress is. Still, I'm always laughing like a clown."
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"Then his eyes focus on something over my shoulder, and he starts walking. I turn to see Uriah jogging from the elevator bank. He is grinning. “Heard a rumor you were a dirty traitor,” Uriah says. “Yeah, whatever,” says Zeke. They collide in an embrace that looks almost painful to me, slapping each other’s backs and laughing with their fists clasped between them."
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"The crazy ones only laugh when there is no reason to laugh."
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"I love people who make me laugh!"
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"There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity."
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