"There was an old man of Orleans, Who was given to eating of beans; Till once out of sport, he swallowed a quart, That dyspeptic old man of Orleans."

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Source : Edward Lear (1992). “A Book of Learned Nonsense”, Sutton Pub Limited

Edward Lear

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“People must be protected from prejudice against their person. But people cannot be protected from prejudice against their ideas - because otherwise we're all done.”
“I love mixing humor and terror, or humor and exhaustion, or even humor and despair. I'm dealing right now with a loved one with cancer, and she's of course sad, but also telling the most disturbingly morbid jokes and puns. I love that, there's so much humanity in being able to mock fate and hardship.”

Source : Source: www.ign.com
“Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.”
“If you have a higher reason ... than just to make money... it will bring you longer fulfillment. And it won't feel like work.”
“You learn quite a bit about your film from test screening audiences. With both comedies and movies that are intense, you need to calibrate the film and see how audiences react.”
“When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut, misfortune can fall from above. Page 279”
“Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.”

Source : Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin Kohn (2012). “You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment”, p.8, Shambhala Publications
“Who wouldn't want to catch a guy in a bear suit?”

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