We can't all be happy, we can't all be rich, we can't all be lucky - and it would be so much less fun if we were ... Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh the more heartily
Jean Rhys
Related Well, let's argue this out, Mr Blank. You, who represent Society, have the right to pay me four hund... JEAN RHYS He blesses us so we can be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL If we cant laugh at ourselves, do we have the right to laugh at others? C.H. HAMEL Why do you eat? Why to sleep? If you cant be a trustworthy person, cant be a true lover, cant be a g... WRITER GRADED Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN God is merciful cant we all be on the right track of faith but just using different roads? ALI AL-AHMED Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the ... LAURENCE STERNE Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites may be the w... LAURENCE STERNE Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT Don't be afraid if you are being ignored be so good that people cant ignore you. BILAL SAIF If you pity his loneliness, be his company... PHILIP T. M. Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT An Error is like Salt and A 'Sincere' Apology is like Water and a ''Repeated Same Error'' is like a ... ANUROOP TYAGI Love is purpose and we all have love so we all have a purpose PARKER LOUIS SEELY Everyone has a talent in some sport.its just the knowledge about it that some of us luck for a reaso... KIMBERLY SHILENJE We're so trendy we cant even escape ourselves. KURT COBAIN We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL Be nice to people... maybe it'll be unappreciated, unreciprocated, or ignored, but spread the love a... GERMANY KENT Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would ... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Time cant be given. But it can be shared. CECELIA AHERN Most of us dont become what we can be because we cant see its what we already are. CARL HAMMERSCHLAG If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none ... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER I cant tell you how long its going to be, ... Cartilage scopes typically can be two weeks, sometimes... MIKE HOLMGREN To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How can we ever have peace when we cant even make peace with the things we cant control. SYNECA DE JORMUNGAND If you haven't learned by now that you cant trust everybody, i think its safe to say that you are th... BRIELL ADAMS We all say we want our kids to be happy, only happy, and healthy, but we don't want that. We want th... HANYA YANAGIHARA We are all disciples of the light. STEVEN MAGEE Why is it that when i look at blank paper i see so much more that can be done with it but i cant fin... BRIELL ADAMS Do what feel is right, and back yourself up. Live the life you want to live, JACK BARAKAT Wherever you are, be all there. CRAIG GROESCHEL We're all sisters and brothers. So like color and those issues now, if we dealt with it much, much l... BAI LING Why do you have to be so annoying sometimes?" "Cant help it. It's the company I keep. KAMILA SHAMSIE you cant be fair in an unfair world JOHN KOVACICH Change is the only change which cant be Changed VIJAYAKUMAR Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as... VERONICA ROTH It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or ... CORMAC MCCARTHY If you haven't signed anything, you cant be ripped off. DAVE SIM Voter apathy is a civic abdication. CHARLES M. BLOW If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer. TENZIN GYATSO THE 14TH DALAI LAMA Nobody is perfect,but it
dosent mean you cant try to be ! SHUBHAM CHAVAN Were in such a state now, with our infrastructure so vulnerable, that we cant take a hit of any orde... WALTER MAESTRI He looks up and the loss in his Noise is so great it feels like I'm standing on the edge of an abyss... PATRICK NESS The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS There's no point in being grown up if you cant be childish sometimes. DR. WHO Its hard because you went through camp with these guys and you cant be with them when you win, you c... GERALD HAYES you cant win in life if you cant fail VITA NEDERLOE How wild it was, to let it be. T. S. ELIOT You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer. I DONT KNOW If we were all sposed to be perfect, then we would all be the exactly same. RYAN THACKER Oh, Mona, we're all damned fools! Some of us just have more fun with it than others. Loosen up, dear... ARMISTEAD MAUPIN For me, happiness is waking up excited even though you have no particular place to go….. CHERYL RUSHTON If puss and dog can get together, why cant we love one another? BOB MARLEY We cant afford to lose him halfway through the season. DAVE BEAUDOIN 7 Rules to a Happy Life: 1. Be humble 2. Don’t worry 3. Don't settle for les... GERMANY KENT When a man tells you he cant be alone dont be surprised when he gets married 4 months after you brea... STARGAZER To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If shit was a currency, we would all be rich. ARIEL KREZARIEN The human heart knows thing the eyes cant see, and feels the things the mind cant understand.. but i... VANESSA SCHIFFER We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL We went on this journey, ... and whether we were supposed to laugh, be happy, have a sad moment, it ... JUDY GREER Don't ever let anyone put out your light because they are blinded by it. SHANNON L. ALDER But I don’t want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.'Oh, you can’t help that,' said the Cat... LEWIS CARROLL When there is no reason to be happy, that's all the reason you need to happy SOTONYE ANGA The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ... CHRISTINA ENGELA We may not always be able to be as happy as we want to be, but if we try we will always be as happy ... JIM GENOVESE You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Well when you cant sleep well you cant dream and when you cant dream well whats life mean HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD What you cant forget... God cant remember! JOHN F. MACARTHUR JR. If we weren't all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting we couldn't endure it. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER If we had to go more south, on more traditional routes, we would not be able to carry all the passen... SEAN DONOHUE This is the worst of it, the last resort. If you cant come here, you cant go anywhere. CHRIS STERNDALE You will remain where you are...,until you change your mindset. A.STEVE-IFEOLUWA Do not be afraid of failure, it is part of the learning process SOTONYE ANGA The more you GIVE, the RICHer you BEcome. LORRIN L. LEE We wanted to be in great shape, we wanted to be able to cope with zero gravity, we wanted to be able... ALAN SHEPARD The difference is, Now I cant call you anymore… I cant hear your calming voice, I c... JJM We want the best, but cant walk the test. Everyone wants it easy. JOHN ALEXANDER TRISTRAM The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY I'm kind of lucky that we've finished shooting 'Cougar Town,' so I'm able to kin... BUSY PHILIPPS That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cann... DAN BROWN if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI We felt like it would be a good opportunity for the kids, not so much as a reward, but just for a ch... BRAD HANKINS Whether you choose to move on from your struggles and enjoy life or waddle in your misery, life will... GERMANY KENT The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN If you are feeling constrained by a group that you belong to, ask yourself, “How can I partic... GINA GREENLEE That's what I'm so happy about ? we played with heart. You've got to be good and you've got be lucky... LEE MITCHELL To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD Away with the cant of "Measures not men!"--the idle supposition
that it is the harness and not the ... GEORGE CANNING Away with the cant of Measures, not men! -- the idle supposition that it is the harness and not the ... GEORGE CANNING Away with the cant of ''Measures, not men!'' / the idle supposition that it is the harness and not t... GEORGE CANNING You cant do better, be better or have better than you believe you can. DANIEL GILMAN We were told we would never be able to raise that much money, but we were determined to have a safe,... BRADLEE DODDS If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly d... JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly d... JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH If you cant play tug-o-war with your tampon than your vagina might be a little loose NERISSA IRVING It's not about believing in yourself; it's about being yourself--take action! SHANNON L. ALDER
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