"Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt."

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Source : John Osborne, Anthony Creighton, Arnold Wesker, Bernard Kops (1964). “Epitaph for George Dillon”

John Osborne

#Laughter Quotes #Grace Quotes #Sainthood Quotes

“When the waitress asked if I wanted my pizza cut into four or eight slices, I said, 'Four. I don't think I can eat eight.'”
“Everything that I've done in my life was to lead me to my work with the animals.”
“Winning leaders are almost always motivated when the chips are down.”
“It doesn't have to be happy music to be inspiring.”

Source : Interview with Mike Brannon, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.
“The prosperity and advancement of a nation depend upon its intelligentsia, and Muslim India is looking forward to her young generation and education classes to give a bold lead for our guidance and a brilliant record of histrorical achievements and traditions. Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.”
“Here's Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn't look much taller than that”
“They had bombed and burned,killed and maimed,plundered and looted.Now they had come to claim the land.”

Source : Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.58, Bloomsbury Publishing
“What I had mastered was fly-fishing Rule # 1: Remove all hooks from soft tissue under water, where near-freezing temperatures anesthetize exposed nerve endings and you can't hear your fellow anglers' hysterical laughter.”

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