Isobelle Carmody (Isobelle Jane Carmody) Quotes
Laughter is a powerful weapon for it carries the light. To laugh is to defy the darkness.
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Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.
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It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized in John 1, that light is very vivid. When it dispels the darkness, we see the brilliance that's there.
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Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
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Laughter drives shouting away.
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My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.
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When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.
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Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
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When I think of the books I love, there's always a little laughter in the dark.
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I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.
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'Laughter separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love.'
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Life after all is made up of eating and sleeping, of meeting and saying good-by to friends, of reunions and farewell parties, of tears and laughter, of having a haircut once in two weeks, of watering a potted flower and watching one’s neighbor fall off his roof.
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All comedy is funny because it tells us truths that we recognise through laughter, but that doesn't mean it can't be unnerving. Think of 'Fawlty Towers'; it can be very, very dark, but by God, it's funny. The two things are not in opposition.
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I like a quiet evening with family or friends over, great food and great discussion and a lot of laughter. That's really what I think fills my tank.
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There is nothing incompatible about laughter and demons, nor about athletic achievement and depression. Mike Flanagan made me laugh, too. But mostly, he made me brave.
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Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.
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Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness on the confines of two everlasting empires, - Necessity and Free Will.
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I no longer know the author of this book, for simply stopping long enough and writing it down was where I changed from a boy with his eyes squeezed shut to a man with his eyes wide open so that the sunlight might reach my heart despite all that darkness.
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I keep getting asked out by really young, good looking boys and really ugly lesbians. So, even if I wanted to jump onto the tuna boat, I wouldn't because I'm not getting high-class babes that I should get at this level of my career. And I always know the ugly ones are serious and that the good-looking ones are goofing on me.
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I almost never listen to the radio.
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Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.
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Laughter is a powerful weapon for it carries the light. To laugh is to defy the darkness.
