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"Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote."

George Gurdjieff, Armenian Philosopher

Negative, Energy, Laughter, Poison

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"Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote."

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"Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine."

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"Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy."

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"A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour."

"A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows."

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"Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote."

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"I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

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"The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance."

Ansel Adams, American Photographer

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"The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways."

Ansel Adams, American Photographer

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"Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use."

Sai Baba, Indian Leader

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"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

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"A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy."

Jean Baudrillard, French Sociologist

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"The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture."

Peter L. Berger, Austrian Sociologist

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"Negative feedback effected amplifier performance significantly."

Harold Stephen Black, American Inventor

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"What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology."

Harold Bloom, American Critic

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"No, I try not to be a negative thinker."

Earl Butz, American Civil Servant

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