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While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit. ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#apart #danger #deeper #exercising #full

I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#absolutely not #aristocratic #change #creature #exuberant

The animators are absolutely extraordinary. It's mind-boggling. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#animators #extraordinary #mind-boggling

On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I think I could have kept our country at peace. I think I could have consolidated what we achieved at Camp David with a treaty between Israel and the Palestinians. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#balance #been #between #blessings #camp

To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ↗

— Barbara Cartland

#around #beautiful #completely #degrading #destroy

The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected. ↗

— Julian Casablancas

#often #simple #solutions #unexpected #yet

If I have my health I can carry on. There will be a point when I do quit but I have absolutely no idea when that is. ↗

— Alex Ferguson

#carry #health #i #i can #i do

If our country is to reach a workable solution to the abortion issue, the Democratic party must be open to and tolerant of opposing views. ↗

— Robert Casey

#country #democratic #democratic party #issue #must

Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#carried #conversation #get #half #means

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action. ↗

— Fidel Castro

#action #again #began #does #faith