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Quote by Virginia Woolf
Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. - V

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. – Virginia Woolf

Other quotes by Virginia Woolf

As for my next book, I am going to hold myself from writing it till I have it impending in me: grown heavy in my mind like a ripe pear; pendant, gravid, asking to be cut or it will fall. – Virginia Woolf

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Virginia Woolf
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If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. Its easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well. – Alan Thicke

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I dont think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesnt sound like the kind of thing Id do. – Tommy Lee Jones

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Humor

The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road. – Lisa Loeb

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Humor

I have a very silly sense of humor. Ive never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe. – Paula Poundstone

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Humor

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I really unfortunately dont have tons of hilarious Sundance stories, because really I am not the biggest fan of hanging out, but the reason why is because I never go see other peoples movies and I think thats the way to do it. – Lizzy Caplan

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People who fight fire with fire end up with only the ashes of their own integrity. – Michael Josephson, whatwillmatter.com

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Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. – Henry David Thoreau

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