"Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about."

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

Chuck Jones

#Laughter Quotes #Joy Quotes #Strange Quotes

“But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage.”

Source : Louise Penny (2013). “How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel”, p.118, Macmillan
“You can choose to think in ways that will support you in your happiness and success instead of ways that don't.”
“If you can propose a memoir, even if you are eighteen years old - and what do you remember? What are you memeing? If you can propose a memoir, I believe someone will pay you to write it. And you will get a contract for nonfiction. And if it is about victimology in one way or another than you'll get more money. It's a sensation.”

Source : Source: www.identitytheory.com
“Maybe I'm biased because I'm from there. It's close enough to New York but it's not swallowed up by New York's hustle and bustle. Philly's busy enough. There are tons of record stores and record-head friends and plenty of D.I.Y. shows. It's a place where people pass through and bands don't usually skip on tour. There are lots of music resources but it's not too over the top.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I also love horseback riding in New Jersey.”
“I preferred to hang out with the dead, dying, or desperate books - used we call them, in a way that we'd never call a person, unless we meant it cruelly”
“Those days are long gone. But our corporations haven't caught up with it. Our law firms, our higher education system, and our medical institutions haven't figured out how this family policy is going to work. Men are tired of the 80- to 100-hour work week as well.”

Source : Interview with Erik Hansen, tompeters.com.
“My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever.”

Source : Della Reese (1998). “Angels Along the Way: My Life with Help from Above”, Berkley

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