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Related When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You wi... WILLIAM SAROYAN The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste... WILLIAM SAROYAN The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste... WILLIAM SAROYAN Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. WILLIAM SAROYAN Eat till you're full. Play anytime you want. Sleep as much as you like. Cry. Get angry. Laugh. Live.... KAZUYA MINEKURA People get angry when you try to debunk their perception of reality. DAN WALDSCHMIDT When you are angry try your best to go to sleep, it keeps you away from speaking, writing and thinki... AMIT KALANTRI To be fully alive, you need time with God to recharge. CRAIG GROESCHEL You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM You aren't angry " "You must be joking " she said dryly. "I'm alive Nicholas. And I'm immortal... LYNSAY SANDS If you laugh a lot, when you get older your wrinkles will be in the right places. ANDREW MASON You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance. WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM You can do stuff onstage that you can't do offstage. You can be angry as hell and enraged and ge... HARRY DEAN STANTON Never be angry with something that can't get angry with you. JACK GARDNER Dont take life too seriously, you will not get out of it alive, laugh at your situation especially l... SUPERNA BATHEJA I'd like it to be the other way sometimes, ... I've got a crazy metabolism. I get (the weight) and i... JAMES WHITE A good friend will help you up when you fall. A best friend will laugh and try to trip you again. TAMORA PIERCE They didn't know why these things were funny. Sometimes you laugh because you've got no more room fo... TERRY PRATCHETT It's hard when you're running for your life, and all you see is black jerseys coming from everywhere... COREY BRADFORD It's hard when you're running for your life, and all you see is black jerseys coming from everywhere... COREY BRADFORD I like strong girls, as long as they don't get snappish. And furthermore I think it important th... JONATHAN BRANDIS Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Whenever you are angry, take a beautiful object in your house and smash it to pieces. The pity you f... KAMAND KOJOURI I like to be goofy. I like to make people laugh. I like to have a good time as much as possible. CARA DELEVINGNE Being alive isn't about breathing or being organic. Being alive means that you can freely make choic... BRANDON CHRISTOPHER If you are unable to laugh, then look for a clown or comedian SOTONYE ANGA Stay alive, stay active, and get as much practice as you can. FRANK SINATRA You don't die. You just... get really angry and then after you're angry you hurt a lot and then the ... MELINA MARCHETTA If Kindle is upgraded with face recognition and biometric sensors, it can know what made you laugh, ... YUVAL NOAH HARARI Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you ge... BABYLONIAN TALMUD The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry. MAYA ANGELOU Do what makes you happy, be with who makes you smile, laugh as much as you breathe, and love as long... RACHEL ANN NUNES It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exc... WAYNE DYER It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exc... WAYNE DYER There are times when your mind isn't ready to go but your body is, and times when your body is r... BEN ZOBRIST When you're young, try to be realistic; as you get older, become idealistic. You'll live lon... ANTHONY J. D'ANGELO When you're young, try to be realistic; as you get older, become idealistic. You'll live longer. ANTHONY J. D'ANGELO Sing, laugh and be merry because today you're alive. MARTY RUBIN If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh abo... MARIE OSMOND On the field, you have to be aggressive; you're thinking how to get the better of a situation. I... YUVRAJ SINGH You try to sleep when you can because you might be up all night. CAPTAIN MCKENZIE You try to sleep when you can because you might be up all night. CAPTAIN CHARLES MCKENZIE Whether you choose to move on from your struggles and enjoy life or waddle in your misery, life will... GERMANY KENT Just make as much money as you can, but try your best not to rob or get robbed, it will sweep all th... AULIQ ICE And I will get to climb on that big beautiful bike of yours and wrap my arms around you and lean int... KAREN MARIE MONING It's the same thing you try to do at home except they probably get multiplied by 10 when you go on t... GREG GARD If you stopped tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all ... TERRY PRATCHETT Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just... LENA HORNE Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just d... LENA HORNE Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible and live long lives MAYA ANGELOU A loyal friend is when your having the worst day they make it the best day.
When you don't make funn... MEHREEN MUSHARAFA "When you want to succeed as much as you want to breathe, then you will be successful." -Eric Thomas... KAYLA HELMS Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it. ELLEN DEGENERES The thing you let Die within when you are Alive, will be carried with your Soul after Death. USHA COSMICO When someone is bullying you, don't let it get to you. I remember my friends in school, someone ... KAITLYN DEVER When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. CRAIG GROESCHEL Anyway, if you stop tellin' people it's all sorted out afer they're dead, they might try sorting it ... TERRY PRATCHETT As you become aware of life, you will begin to see the root cause to all your actions and reactions.... OSHO I don't know about the World Cup. Obviously I'm disappointed to get injured as I have done. I'm deva... WAYNE ROONEY I may not get green when I get angry, but you sure will. DEDRICK D. L. PITTER The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to make strangers... JERRY SEINFELD When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you like them for who they are. And when you stop expe... DONALD MILLER I always think - when I get mad, and people say, 'Don't be the angry black woman' - it... AJA NAOMI KING When you're in elementary school, you get these amazing assignments, like to come up with your o... TONY DITERLIZZI Be soft enough not to break; be kind enough to not get angry. DEBASISH MRIDHA You have to try to be in the moment with things and not get caught up in the situation too much. But... BRAD WINCHESTER He must become crazy like you, he must be a fool, he must allow you to laugh at him. Then you will n... OSHO If I make a bogey or three putt I'm on fire inside. But it's not like you're going to pl... LYDIA KO And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different... CRAIG GROESCHEL We wake up to be alive and to revive our lives; we don’t wake up to keep sleeping! We wake up not ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH When there is no reason to be happy, that's all the reason you need to happy SOTONYE ANGA Make as much racket as you like people. Noise is life and an excess of noise is a sign that life is ... SALMAN RUSHDIE A mirror can do something better for you which maybe your best friend can’t. Cry and it will cry w... VIKRANT PARSAI Get the material down as soon as possible because it's going to be difficult to deal with if you don... DALE DECKER I like to be as positive and as peaceful as possible, but reality says, you know, sometimes you get ... MUSIQ SOULCHILD To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are. ANONYMOUS When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are. SOURCE UNKNOWN When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are. Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion. JANE AUSTEN The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to make strangers... JERRY SEINFELD An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself. UNKNOWN Be who you want to be not what others think you should be. BILAL SAIF I will stand in front of you and try to make you laugh if I have to. JULIE GONZALO When you stop learning, you still alive but your spirit is dead. JOHN DI LEMME Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are n... HARRY CHAPIN I always try to take as much time off as I can. You're just that much better when you get back. BRIAN VICKERS You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can. DANIEL BERRIGAN You just have to be ready to go. Hopefully you have a simple approach and not try to do too much. Yo... JASON ELLISON People are who they are and, try as you might, you cannot make them be what you want them to be. LEILA SALES All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travele... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have th... MAYA ANGELOU Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther. ZIG ZIGLAR I'm instinctively very suspicious and guarded, and I try to counteract it so much. I find reason... JAMES MCAVOY I try to be cognisant of when and how and what I eat and get as much rest as I possibly can, as that... DIONNE WARWICK Master Red is who I am. You best be gettin’ used to that. Otherwise, when the time come to fly out... QUOLEENA SBROCCA
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