"Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?"

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Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

#Laughter Quotes #Men Quotes #Creatures Quotes

“Having your goal to focus on is key, but don't let it become more important than your excellence next year and the year after.”
“I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities.”
“New York is an ugly city, a dirty city... But there is one thing about it. Once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.”
“I don't believe he had a responsibility to even answer that question - you have no responsibility to answer personal questions that people have no right to ask you.”

Source : Richard P. Feynman (2010). “"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character: Adventures of a Curious Character”, p.172, W. W. Norton & Company
“My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.”
“I agree that comedy does a good job - and is often about - stepping over the line - Lenny Bruce, etc. - and that this is important for a lot of poets too. I guess I feel like there has to be depth.”
“Some people think plant-based diet, whole foods diet is extreme. Half a million people a year will have their chests opened up and a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery. Some people would call that extreme.”
“At that age you think boys have as much personality as coat hangers and, you don't notice their looks. Then you grow up.”

Source : John Marsden (1995). “Tomorrow, When the War Began”, p.6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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