I must admit I am nervous about getting Alzheimer's. Once it hits, I might tell my best joke and never know it.
Joan RiversRead
Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It's all funny.
Interpretation
Life is fleeting, so itβs important to relax and find humor in our experiences.
Joan Rivers highlights the swift passage of life, urging us to appreciate each moment instead of getting caught up in stress. By encouraging us to 'calm down' and recognize the humor in our situations, she promotes a perspective that values joy and levity amidst life's challenges.
In practice
A motivational speech aimed at encouraging people to relax and enjoy their daily lives.
I must admit I am nervous about getting Alzheimer's. Once it hits, I might tell my best joke and never know it.
"I've learned what's funny verbally ain't so funny on e-mail: They don't hear your intonations. Melissa broke up with somebody over that. She tried to tell him: "That was a joke!" But he just didn't get it. Mick Jagger said, "F- 'em if they don't get the joke." And I love him. That comes with age: Knowing it's their problem, not mine."
I enjoy life when things are happening. I don't care if it's good things or bad things. That means you're alive.
Life is so tough. I don't know how old you are, but I've seen so much in a wink. One phone call and your life is changed forever. We all know that. You better laugh at everything.
I walk on a stage, and I know if it's been a good show or not. You know when it's been a good interview. No one has to tell you. You know it. You feel it. You can feel the air. You can feel everything about it when it's a good show. And you know when you've messed up.
I would not want to live if I could not perform. It's in my will. I am not to be revived unless I can do an hour of stand-up.
When something enters your life that is so big and so non-negotiable as catastrophic illness, you either go in denial for a while or ultimately you accept it and you make space for it. And in making space for it, you illuminate a lot of things that you normally don't have room for you simply just look at the world differently.
Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.
the other guineahen died of a broken heart and we came to New York. I used to sit at a table,drawing wings with a pencil that kept breaking and i kept remembering how your mind looked when it slept for several years,to wake up asking why. So then you turned into a photograph of somebody whoβs trying not to laugh at somebody whoβs trying not to cry
There is just one life for each of us: our own.
She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.
To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle. I have adopted the technique of living life miracle to miracle.
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