"Not being funny doesn't make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humor does."

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Source : David Rakoff (2002). “Fraud: Essays”, p.103, Anchor

David Rakoff

#Doe Quotes #Sense Of Humor Quotes #Persons Quotes

“My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met.”
“I didn't want the Ramones being told what to be doing, and I wanted the Ramones being presented in the right light - the remaining Ramones.”
“I had/have a habit of sending books out before they're ready. And then I edit with almost absurd intensity. But I've done about a book a year.”
“The love of power comes from a lack of the most important power, that of living a life of eternity with every creature.”
“The same eye cannot both look up to heaven and down to earth.”

Source : JOHN BROWN (1855). “EWXPOSITORY DISCOURSES ON THE FIRST EPISTLE OF THE APOSTLE PETER”, p.98
“I don't need a belt to make me. I make the belt. I feel great and that's all that matters. I'm still heavyweight champion of the world.”
“Career diversification ain't a bad thing.”
“Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.”

Source : Eric Weiner (2014). “The Geography of Bliss”, p.119, Random House

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