"There is a kind of laughter people laugh at public events, as if a joke were a charity auction and they want to be seen to be bidding."

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Source : 1985 The BigMan, ch.1.

William McIlvanney

#Laughter Quotes #Laughing Quotes #People Quotes

“Many people talk as if they have all the answers, whereas I know I don't. That's probably why no one listens to me.”

Source : "Daily Negations". Book by John S. Hall, 2007.
“I know I can be very standoffish . . .”

Source : "The Beaten Path / Author David Pelzer chronicles a nightmare childhood" by Jerry Carroll, www.sfgate.com. July 30, 1998.
“But if something funny happens, I can't resist. I have to tell the people.”
“Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.”
“Not living in fear is a great gift, because certainly these days we do it so much. And do you know what I like about comedy? You can't laugh and be afraid at the same time - of anything. If you're laughing, I defy you to be afraid.”
“Good rock 'n' roll is something that makes you feel alive. It's something that's human, and I think that most music today isn't. ... To me good rock 'n' roll also encompasses other things, like Hank Williams and Charlie Mingus and a lot of things that aren't strictly defined as rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll is an attitude, it's not a musical form of a strict sort. It's a way of doing things, of approaching things. Writing can be rock 'n' roll, or a movie can be rock 'n' roll. It's a way of living your life.”
“And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one.”
“It is so comic to hear oneself called old, even at ninety I suppose!”

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