"Better the last smile than the first laughter."

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Source : John Ray (1855). “A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages. And a Complete Alphabetical Index; in which are Introduced Large Additions, as Well of Proverbs as of Sayings, Sentences, Maxims, and Phrases”, p.330

John Ray

#Laughter Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“To be human is to care for your fellow human beings and protecting the environment.”
“The weird thing about acting is you're the most competent when you're at your best, but you have to be validated. It's a weird kind of vicious circle.”
“This may sound mad, but you sort of assume that no one's going to watch what you do. You go on set, have a lovely time, and then you forget anyone's going to see it. So it's always a bit of a shock to be recognized. I get terribly embarrassed.”
“I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums.”
“Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.”
“They gave high fives to all the players who say like the most obvious textbook answers in the world. It's like after each game, you already know what they're going to say. If they lost: "Ahh ... Tough loss." It's like, come on, how do you guys fall for that? And if they something that they really feel, everyone goes crazy. Like "Oohh! He's spazzing out!" Now he gotta say sorry for saying something he really felt. It's like, Oh lord.”
“Calamitous collapse is better than mediocre defeat!”

Source : The London Evening Standard, August 09, 2001.
“At one point in my 20s, I was about to quit acting. I'd had a crappy couple of years and I was depressed. My mom said, 'Don't give up! You'll be so mad at yourself.'”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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