"Whatever the joke is has to be funny, and not coming from a mean-spirited place. I think some things are totally off limits. If someone's spouse died, or one of their children, I would never joke about that. I don't have any aspirations towards writing any cancer jokes, and there's some stuff that I think is definitely taboo."

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Amy Schumer

#Children Quotes #Cancer Quotes #Mean Quotes

“No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be a square.”

Source : Louise Bogan (1973). “What the woman lived: selected letters of Louise Bogan, 1920-1970”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
“I'm a really, really, smart, multi-talented almost-genius, who's very annoying.”
“Men don't rape women because their women are ugly," cousin Jostien said, but there was a protest at his words. "That's what my fa said! He says that inside their hearts and spirits they are nothing but little men who need to feel powerful.”
“His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure--all the more intense for being held tightly in--his consistent view that every peril in life is a form of sport, a fierce game betwixt you and Fate, with Death as a forfeit, made him a wonderful companion at such hours.”
“I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them.”

Source : FaceBook post by Richard Paul Evans from Jul 29, 2011
“You don't have sex near unicorns. It's an ironclad rule. It's tacky.”
“St. Cyril of Jerusalem, in instructing catechumens, wrote: â€œThe dragon sits by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of Souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.â€ No matter what form the dragon may take, it is of this mysterious passage past him, or into his jaws, that stories of any depth will always be concerned to tell, and this being the case, it requires considerable courage at any time, in any country, not to turn away from the storyteller.”
“It's wonderful to be grateful. To have that gratitude well out from deep within you and pour out in waves. Once you truly experience this, you will never want to give it up.”

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