“When we are not too anxious about happiness and unhappiness, but devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, then happiness comes of itself - nay, even springs from the midst of a life of troubles and anxieties and privations.” HappinessTroubleDutyAnxietySpringPerformancesMidstUnhappinessAnxiousStrict Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt
“In the theater, I've found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles. Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go.” MindMatterFactsFoundForgetAudienceTroubleEasierLaughterPerformancesTheaterCustomersTheatreReactionsEveningForget ItMatter Of FactHanging OnFrame Of Mind Author:Beatrice Lillie
“It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.” SometimesMatterTroublePerformancesOperaLegendaryOvation Book:Pavarotti, My World Source: Pavarotti, My World
“In June 2002, airport security searched Al Gore. There's a lot not to like about Gore, but he's not a terrorist. Gore said he was glad he was searched. Why? To spare a terrorist the trouble? This is a serious national issue; why must liberals lie? Searching Al Gore is purely a religious act. It is the purposeless fetishistic performance of ritual in accordance with the civic religion of liberalism.” SaidLyingReligiousIssuesTroubleSecuritySeriousPerformancesGladTerroristLiberalismAlsRitualSparesAirportsJuneGoreCivicsAirport Security Author:Ann Coulter