"Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it."

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Source : Langston Hughes (2002). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Essays on art, race, politics, and world affairs”, p.525, University of Missouri Press

Langston Hughes

#Happiness Quotes #Laughter Quotes #Humor Quotes

“I wish I could do whatever I liked behind the curtain of â€œmadnessâ€. Then: Iâ€™d arrange flowers, all day long, Iâ€™d paint; pain, love and tenderness, I would laugh as much as I feel like at the stupidity of others, and they would all say: â€œPoor thing, sheâ€™s crazy!â€ (Above all I would laugh at my own stupidity.) I would build my world which while I lived, would be in agreement with all the worlds. The day, or the hour, or the minute that I lived would be mine and everyone elseâ€™s - my madness would not be an escape from â€œrealityâ€.”
“The only reality was nothingness, and over it a hypocrisy of words.”
“Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming.”
“If Henry James were still with us, he'd not only approve of Paris, He Said, he could have written it himself, though without his serpentine syntax. It's a delicious treat, studded with wise and beautifully observed detail, that places side by side those perpetually fascinating antagonists, the eager, casual American and the meticulous, pleasure-driven French. Christine Sneed knows everyone's intimate secrets and her book is lively, amusing, and, ultimately, kind to pretty much all of them.”
“I feel like women are frequently seen as guests in the comedy world....”
“The way you treat others determines the way others treat you; the way others treat you determines the way you see yourself; the way you see yourself determines who you are.”
“There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.”
“This does not come naturally. I have to work out 60 to 90 minutes at least five days a week and stick to a high- fiber, low-calorie eating plan.”

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