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laughter fall thinking
I think that the tendency for most people is to fall back on a comic interpretation of things because things are so sad, so terrible. If you didn't laugh you'd kill yourself. But the truth of the matter is that existence in general is very very tragic, very very sad, very brutal and very unhappy. Woody Allen
laughter mean thinking
From the small clubs of the Harlem Renaissance where he began playing saxophone to world tours for the biggest of the big bands, Benny Carter redefined American jazz. From the start, his fellow musicians said the way he played the sax was amazing. They say that about me, too. (Laughter.) But I don't think they mean it in quite the same way. William J. Clinton
laughter dark laughing
Even on the poorest streets people could be heard laughing. Some of these streets were completely dark, like black holes, and the laughter that came from who knows where was the only sign, the only beacon that kept residents and strangers from getting lost. Roberto Bolano
laughter real silly
I had no real direction at all in my 20's and so I did what a lot of people without direction do: I took an acting class. In one of those first days of the class, I did this weird, silly improv, and it got laughs. It was such a blissful moment. I've never gotten over that love of hearing laughter. As a people pleaser, it's the drug of choice for me. Ty Burrell
laughter blow shock-absorber
Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life. Yogi Berra
laughter law-of-attraction joy
Laughter attracts joy, releases negativity, and leads to miraculous cures. Rhonda Byrne
laughter what-is-life
What is life without laughter? Trenton Lee Stewart
laughter light strange-places
I laugh, and it's laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I've ever known is coming apart. Veronica Roth
laughter laughing crime
Laughing has always been considered by theologians as a crime. Robert Green Ingersoll
atheism world may
We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way. William Howard Taft
atheism positive-atheism
What can I hope when all is right? Voltaire
atheism screens repressed
Fervid atheism is usually a screen for repressed religion. Wilhelm Stekel
atheism today firsts
Today, the religion clauses of the First Amendment do not need to be fixed; they need to be followed. Walter F. Mondale
atheism malice preaching
The frightful engines of ecclesiastical councils, of diabolical malice, and Calvinistical good-nature never failed to terrify me exceedingly whenever I thought of preaching. John Adams
atheism littles preference
To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage. James Randi
atheism positive-atheism infidel
I am an infidel. I know what an infidel is, and that's what I am. Luther Burbank
atheism use retorts
What is the use of assuring Fundamentalists that science is compatible with religion. They retort at once, Certainly not with our religion.
atheism savior positive-atheism
Science is the only savior.
doe add bangs
Of course, we would love to know more about the exact moment of Big Bang, but interposing an outside intelligence does nothing to add to that knowledge, as we still know nothing about the creation of that intelligence. Richard Dawkins
doe loud
Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud. Russell Brand
doe judgment prophet
The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet. Reinhold Niebuhr
doe sincerity ceremony
Ceremony and great professing renders friendship as much suspect as it does religion. William Wycherley
doe sides sad-music
I have lows, you know, everybody does ... but I kind of know how to handle it. I like to let myself wallow in it. I enforce it with terribly sad music, and it kind of pushes me through to the other side eventually, and I always know it's going to pass. Sarah Silverman
doe
He who does not work shall not eat Vladimir Lenin
doe ends ifs
How does meaning get into the image? Where does it end? And if it ends, what is there beyond? Roland Barthes
doe praying wells
He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying. Saint Francis de Sales
doe force stay-with-me
Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me. Zane Grey