Isobelle Carmody (Isobelle Jane Carmody) Quotes
Laughter is a powerful weapon for it carries the light. To laugh is to defy the darkness.
Isobelle Carmody
Quotes to Explore
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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.
Lin Yutang
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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.
David Farr
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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.
Anna Eshoo
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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.
Jane Leavy
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Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.
Eileen Caddy
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A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.
John Cleese
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There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.
A. R. Ammons
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Literature, of course, is not a contest.
Lorrie Moore
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California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance?
Denis Kearney
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Disturbers are to be rebuked, the low spirited to be encouraged, the infirm to be supported, objectors confuted, the treacherous guarded against, the unskilled taught, the lazy aroused, the contentious restrained, the haughty repressed, the poor relieved, the oppressed liberated, the good approved, the evil borne with, and all are to be loved!
Saint Augustine
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Laughter is a powerful weapon for it carries the light. To laugh is to defy the darkness.
Isobelle Carmody
