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  • Gore Vidal Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning what seem to be the absurd beliefs of another group is a good way of recognizing the potential absurdity of many of one's own cherished beliefs.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Josh Billings Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Kurt Vonnegut Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Tim O'Brien Laughter does not deny pain. Laughter - like a wail - acknowledges and replies to pain.
    Tim O'Brien
    American novelist (1946 - )
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  • Bob Newhart Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Oscar Wilde Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.
    Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Mark Twain Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Sean Connery Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.
    Sean Connery
    Scottish actor (1930 - 2020)
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  • Allen Klein Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.
    Allen Klein
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • Gloria Steinem Law and justice are not always the same.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Martin Luther King Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Barbara Boxer Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Aaron Burr Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained.
    Aaron Burr
    American politician and lawyer (1756 - 1836)
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  • Algernon Sydney Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.
    Algernon Sydney
    English politician (1623 - 1683)
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  • Harriet Martineau Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it.
    Harriet Martineau
    British writer, social criticus (1802 - 1876)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Jonathan Swift Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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