The whole point about laughter is it's like mercury: you can't catch it, you can't catch what motivates it - that's why it's funny.
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Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Laughter is important, not only because it makes us happy, it also has actual health benefits. And that's because laughter completely engages the body and releases the mind. It connects us to others, and that in itself has a healing effect.
When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.
Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body.
Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.
One of the most beautiful things in the world I've ever seen or heard is people laughing, even when there seems to be so little reason for them to laugh.
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