"Everyone knows how people who laugh easily create us by their laughter,--making us think of funnier and funnier things."

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Source : Brenda Ueland (1987). “If You Want to Write”

Brenda Ueland

#Laughter Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period”

Source : John Moody (1921). “The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States”
“Throughout my life, cigars have played different roles for me. They fit easily and well in the various stages and experiences Ive had -- like a companion, almost. If youve smoked a long time, as I have, they become part of you.”
“Every year I spend one month just sailing, but I still work when Im on the boat. You never separate work from leisure. A boat is like a magic world, like a little island.”
“Passion and standing up for things can help create a sense of unity. But you still have to act a certain way.”
“A great man once wrote, "Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire." If only I were as eloquent as Mr. de la Rochefoucauld...I miss you, I miss you, I miss you. And I want you. And I need your kiss. And your touch on my skin like a man needs water. Always.”

Source : Karen White (2010). “On Folly Beach”, p.38, Penguin
“Everything matters. Nothing's important.”
“There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it.”
“I would say a must-do in Canada would be to go skiing at Whistler in Vancouver. You could take a chair lift for, like, a half hour to the top of this mountain, and you ski down; it takes like so long to get to the bottom. You go past the clouds. Its absolutely incredible.”

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