"Laughter is the language of the soul."

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Pablo Neruda

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“Ornette Coleman wasn't sure whether he was going to continue with Charlie Haden-Charlie had some personal problems. I said "You've got to be kidding! There's no one on the globe who will be able to accompany you" and no one ever did. [Scott LaFaro] was playing atonally and certainly Ornette was not an atonal player. Jimmy Garrison was a tonal player. He wasn't even polytonal or atonal.”
“The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.”
“Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.”
“Never love something so much that you can't let go of it.”

Source : "IBM's Ginni Rometty on leadership". Interview with John Huey, fortune.com. October 2, 2012.
“If I should go before the rest of you Break not a flower nor inscribe a stone, Nor when I'm gone speak in a Sunday voice But be the usual selves that I have known. Weep if you must, Parting is hell, But life goes on, So sing as well.”

Source : Joyce Grenfell, Reggie Grenfell, Richard Garnett (1980). “Joyce”
“I hate that you do this to me. I hate how crazy you make me. I hate you! - Wendy”
“Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.”

Source : Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Positive Principle Today”, p.153, Simon and Schuster
“Art is a perfectly complete cause.”

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