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laughed
«At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good »
Author: Marilyn vos Savant
(Journalist)
| About:
Laughter
| Keywords:
amusing, First I, laughed, mood
«I'm sure everyone in this room has been told a joke about that subject. I have many times and I've laughed, even though they are horrifying and shocking. . . . I think there's no boundary at all, whether it's that subject or another.»
Author: Billy Connolly
(Actor)
| Keywords:
boundary, horrified, horrify, horrifying, laughed, shocking
«If you set your heart upon philosophy, you must straightway prepare yourself to be laughed at and mocked by many who will say Behold a philosopher arisen among us! or How came you by that brow of scorn? But do you cherish no scorn, but hold to those things which seem to you the best, as one set by God in that place. Remember too, that if you abide in those ways, those who first mocked you, the same shall afterwards reverence you; but if you yield to them, you will be laughed at twice as much as before.»
Author: Epictetus
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abide, afterwards, arisen, brow, cherish, laughed, mocked, place setting, reverence, scorn, straightway
«Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.»
Author: General George S. Patton
(General)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
Americans, give a hoot, hell, hoot, hooted, hooting, hoots, laughed, win
«Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
| About:
Confession,
Sin
| Keywords:
confess, forgiven, laughed, sins, the LORD
«It's very funny, and we really laughed a lot while we were making it and I could always tell how happy the director was by how hard he laughed behind the monitor.»
Author: Liv Tyler
(Actress)
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director, laughed, monitor, monitoring, monitors, The Director
«But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Genius
| Keywords:
bozo, brothers, clown, Columbus, Fulton, geniuses, imply, laughed, The Wright Brothers, wright