"I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be."

-- Josh Gad

#Mother Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Sadness Quotes

“Every city began as a campsite - pg. 25”
“... you are legally allowed to drink kid, so we figured the best thing for you is a car.”
“The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature.”
“Don't seek the truth; just drop your opinions.”
“Jerry Lawler walks in here with his crown - DA DA DUM - Imperial Margerine - and talks about what he's going to do to me. Lawler, if you think you're going to beat me, if you think you can do ANYTHING to me, than you really are the king. King of FOOLS, jack!!”
“The business of schools is to design, create, and invent high-quality, intellectually demanding schoolwork that students find engaging.”
“I like women. I don't understand them, but I like them.”
“No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had.”

Source : Charley Pride, Jim Henderson (1994). “Pride: the Charley Pride story”, William Morrow & Co

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