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Quote by Lin Yutang
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change th

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought. – Lin Yutang

Other quotes by Lin Yutang

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. – Lin Yutang

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Travel
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I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking. – Lin Yutang

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Clothing
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Other Quotes from
Humor
category

I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant. – Walter Isaacson

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Humor

I like dark humor. My favorite movie of all time is Harold and Maude. – Leslie Mann

Category:
Humor

To me, sadness and humor arent disrelated and humor is the best tool Ive had against the sadness in my life. – Mike Mills

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Humor

Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, Breakfast of Champions is one of the funniest books Ive ever read. – Justin Halpern

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Humor

Random Quotes

Every second is of infinite value. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Category:
Carpe Diem

With meditation I found a ledge above the waterfall of my thoughts. – Mary Pipher

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Meditation

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural. – Carl Sandburg

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work

The most tangible of all visible mysteries – fire. – Leigh Hunt

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Fire