The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
BERTOLT BRECHT
BERTOLT BRECHT
Bertolt Brecht on laughing
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ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do.
Agyness DeynAgyness Deyn I just want to do whatever makes me happy…Like being totally conscious. Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do. Being with friends, having fun…being a bit daft.
Agyness DeynAgyness Deyn You know, even though I’m in fashion, I don’t, like, do fashion. Fashion isn’t me, even though I work in it. It’s just materialistic stuff.
Agyness DeynAgyness Deyn I never knew modelling was what I wanted to do. I was just meandering through life having fun, having a laugh with my friends.
Agyness DeynAgyness Deyn Humor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer. Women have to make jokes about themselves, laugh about themselves, because they have nothing to lose.
Agnes VardaAgnes Varda It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
Agnes RepplierAgnes Repplier What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh!
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