A life like this develops the comedy sense. You can't play tragedy while you're living it.

Edna Ferber
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  2. You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth. - William W. Purkey

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  4. When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable. - Jess C. Scott

  5. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears." After all this time?"" Always, " said Snape. - J.k. Rowling

More Quotes By Edna Ferber
  1. Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!

  2. Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.

  3. It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.

  4. I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike, displeasure, resentment, fault-finding, imagination, passionate remonstrance, a sense of injustice--they all make fine fuel.

  5. A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't.

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