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• Fifteen years ago, if you said business will help save the environment people would have laughed at you. Today, I believe that is a serious proposition.

  Tony Blair

  Business, Believe, Years

  "Tony Blair: 'A new coalition for the environment'" by Tony Blair, www.theguardian.com. October 24, 2000.

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• I laughed from the time I arrived at the studio until I left at night. I was almost ashamed to take a paycheck.

  Patsy Kelly

  Night, Paychecks, Ashamed

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• To kick things off, [television show host Andy Cohen] asked the last time Winfrey had smoked marijuana. 'Uh ... 1982,' Winfrey replied. 'Let's hang out after the show,' Cohen joked. 'Okay,' Winfrey laughed. 'I hear it's gotten better.'

  Oprah Winfrey

  Weed, Marijuana, Television

  "Oprah Winfrey admits she smoked marijuana in 1982: 'I hear it's gotten better'" By Margaret Eby, www.nydailynews.com. August 16, 2013.

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• Hermes's shoulders sagged. "They'll try, Percy. Oh, we'll all try to keep our promise. And maybe for a while things will get better. But we gods have never been good at keeping oaths. You were born because of a broken promise, eh? Eventually we'll become forgetful. We always do." "You can change." Hermes laughed. "After three thousand years, you think the gods can change their nature?" "Yeah," I said. "I do.

  Rick Riordan

  Thinking, Years, Broken

  Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian”, p.256, Penguin UK

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• To have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation - this to to have succeeded.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Laughter, Laugh Often, Enthusiasm

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• When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.

  James M. Barrie

  Birthday, Baby, Laughter

  Peter Pan act 1 (1928)

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• When as a child I laughed and wept, time crept. When as a youth I waxed more bold, time strolled. When I became a full-grown man, time RAN. When older still I daily grew, time FLEW. Soon I shall find, in passing on, time gone. O Christ! wilt Thou have saved me then? Amen.

  Henry Twells

  Time, Children, Men

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• We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Romantic, Travel, Dull

  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (2015). “Turkish Embassy Letters”, p.115, Ravenio Books

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• There's two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works. Will Rogers The reason that there are so few women comics is that so few women can bear being laughed at.

  Anna Russell

  Women, Two, Roger

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• But Jesus has been depicted as a serious man. And Christians say he never laughed. Then what is the function of an Enlightened man? If Jesus cannot laugh, then who is going to laugh in this world?

  Rajneesh

  Christian, Jesus, Men

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• At my 30th birthday party, one of my best friends gave a toast and said I'd been waiting for that day since I was 13. Everyone laughed, but he was right! Life continues to get more fun, more surprising, more delightful.

  Siobhan-Marie O'Connor

  Fun, Party, Waiting

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• Remember, every great leader (or visionary or brave thinker) was initially laughed at. Now they are revered.

  Robin Sharma

  Leader, Brave, Vision

  Robin Sharma (2006). “The Greatness Guide: One of the World's Most Successful Coaches Shares His Secrets for Personal and Business Mastery”, p.23, Jaico Publishing House

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• Surfing?” he asked. She laughed, and the sound sent a shock wave through the water. The wailing faded to background noise. Annabeth wondered if anyone had ever laughed in Tartarus before—just a pure, simple laugh of pleasure. She doubted it.

  Rick Riordan

  Simple, Background Noise, Water

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• You know I love you, right?” The urge to kiss her goodbye was so strong that I almost broke our rules. She smiled, beautiful and golden in the late morning light. “Not as much as I love you.” “Oh, man. This is my dream come true: having an ‘I love you more’ debate. Here, I’ll start. I love you more. Your turn.” Sydney laughed and opened the door. “I’ve taken debate classes. You’d lose to my logic.

  Richelle Mead

  Love, Beautiful, Goodbye

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• Everyone in this world who has ever dreamed about better things has been laughed at.

  May Robson

  Dream, Vision, World

  "Fictional character: Grandmother Lettie Blodgett". "A Star Is Born", www.imdb.com. 1937.

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• It will always hurt to be laughed at, snubbed, ignored or attacked by others. But I would remind you that the human personality grows through adversity, provided it is not crushed in the process.

  James Dobson

  Hurt, Adversity, Personality

  Dr. James Dobson (2015). “Building Confidence in Your Child”, p.63, Revell

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• Ignore, then, whether you are tall and thin or short and stocky- whether they laughed at you at home (where they are often unkind) or at school (where they are mostly blind, anyway). Indeed-to hell with the lot of them if you 'feel' you can do it.

  Percy Cerutty

  School, Home, Training

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• When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'

  Mikhail Tal

  Moving, Games, Chess Game

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• Did you get Mom a birthday present?" Helen asked. "Yes," Gansey replied. "Myself." "The gift that keeps on giving." "I don't think that minor children are required to get gifts for their parents. I'm a dependent. That's the definition of dependent, is it not?" "You, a dependent!" his sister said, and laughed. "You haven't been a dependent since you were four. You went straight from kindergarten to old man with a studio apartment.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Mom, Children, Men

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• Cath ran her fingers along the cover, over the raised gold type. Then someone else ran right into her, pushing the book into Cath's chest. Pushing two books into her chest. Cath looked up just as Wren threw an arm around her. "They're both crying," Cath heard Reagan say. "I can't even watch." Cath freed an arm to wrap around her sister. "I can't believe it's really over," she whispered. Wren held her tight and shook her head. She really was crying, too. "Don't be so melodramatic, Cath," Wren laughed hoarsely. "It's never over... It's Simon.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Book, Believe, Two

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.685, St. Martin's Griffin

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• "Are you trying to tell me that you've never been kissed?" I pressed my tongue to the roof of my mouth. He looked so dubious, and his tone had bordered on insulting. "Yeah. So?" "So, I'm shocked, that's all. You're...you." In-sul-ting. "Me?" I asked stiffly. "Yeah. Hot," he said. Wait. Me? Hot? He laughed down at me. "No one's told you that, either, have they?" I could only shake my head. "You've clearly been hanging around idiots."

  Gena Showalter

  Waiting, Insulting, Trying

  "Alice in Zombieland". Book by Gena Showalter, 2012.

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• I laughed more in the hospital than I ever have in my life, making fun of all the weird things that were happening to me.

  Christina Applegate

  Fun, Cancer, Weird Things

  "Christina Applegate's Life After Breast Cancer" by Monica Corcoran, www.womenshealthmag.com. September 19, 2013.

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• What if I promise not to touch you?" "Cath laughed. "Now I have zero incentive to come." "What if I promise to let you touch me first?" "Are you kidding? I'm the untrustworthy person in this relationship. I'm all hands." "I've seen no evidence of that, Cath." "In my head, I'm all hands." "I want to live in your head.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Zero, Hands, Promise

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.627, St. Martin's Griffin

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• I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just enough to make it livable.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Happiness, Laughter, Laughing

  "Man's Search for Meaning". Book by Viktor Frankl, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1946.

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• Do you want to suck face or not?” “Suck face?” His head fell back and he laughed, his chest vibrating against me. It was a lusty, full-bodied sound and my toes curled at hearing it. Gideon laughed so rarely. My hands slid under his sweater and glided over that warm skin. My lips moved over his jaw. “Is that a no?” “Angel, I’ll suck on any part of your body I can get my mouth on.

  Sylvia Day

  Angel, Hands, Sweaters

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