"The people who fear humor - and they are many - are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights, to question received opinions and to suggest unforeseen possibilities."

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Robertson Davies

#Humor Quotes #Light Quotes #People Quotes

“I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.”

Source : "Don't get personal..." by Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2005.
“The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.”
“Don't live up to your stereotypes.”
“The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity.”
“I think the need to go on stage speaks to some sort of a profound psychological deficit, but something that happened when you were a kid. Or something your parents did.”
“It takes me ages to write stuff.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It's a decision.”
“If Shakespeare was around today I would ask him out to dinner. The only thing I don't like about him is the way he did his hair.”

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

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