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    Crazy how you see things without knowing, acknowledging without realizing anything. Guess that's part of always being an outsider. Don't get me wrong there isn't anything wrong with being just an outsider but at the same time it does have it's doubts. Being an outsider is great and all, knowing everyones moves and actions. Knowing their type of mood and seeing it change by the littlest of things. Everyone just always seemed to get mad or upset with you because you’re different than everyone else

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    1. Sub-subpoint Laughter reduces the level of stress hormones like cortisol. It also increases the release of hormones like endorphins. 2. Sub-subpoint Studies show that our response to stressful events can increase by whether we view something as a threat or a challenge. Humor can give us a more lighthearted perspective and help us view events as challenges, which makes them less threatening and seem more positive. B. Subpoint Laughter Therapy 1. Sub-subpoint The Cancer Center

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    Twang! Tee-Hee! That’s a pretty good explanation of my time at my concert. The winter of 2014, I went to a Dailey & Vincent Concert. It was a Christmas concert, and it was joyous. Dailey & Vincent are a Christian Bluegrass band that are probably the funniest people in the Bluegrass community. They are hilarious! During the Winter of 2014, the day after we got out of school for Christmas Break, I went to a Concert. First of All, How did I end up coming to a Christmas Bluegrass concert? Well

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    McMurphy points out that Nurse Ratchet is the one who “pecks the first peck”, and then sits back and watches the patients attack each other. He does not comprehend why the patients succumb to this technique, particularly since they may be next in line as the object of criticism. The patients do appear to have blinders on; they are so blinded by their own disgrace that they cannot see Ratched's actual nature and the way she manipulates and controls them so easily. Nurse Ratchet held in place an extensive

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    threatened to singe the hair of anyone who got too close, made it worse. To her dismay, she realized the smell was coming from the crowd around her. “Not what you expected?” Taylor asked as she took a step back, shaking her head in disgust. He bellowed in laughter, throwing his arm over her shoulder, “I warned you this wasn’t going to be like

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    The school was indeed an escape, and I had thanked god privately for Brendon Larson. I remember his personality vividly; his light humor and big glasses curved my lips for nearly the whole class. Especially anatomy and pathology, who knew the dull human body, could be so funny. He was generous with his happiness and sprayed a thin layer of hope on all of us from the front of the room. I used his humor as an anesthetic from the spiritual growing pains I was encountering. Brendon, from the south,

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    seems to be the umpteenth time, chances another look at Jean and lets out a terse, unexpected laugh. "Jean, please! Please, baby, please! I need pretzels," Armin mewls. His voice breaks and his shoulders begin to shake again, and Jean howls with laughter.

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    how Erma’s words would transform from something my roommate and I would say flippantly about bad first dates and failed quizzes, into a philosophy that would carry me through four years of studies and shape the person I am today. I needed laughter desperately during those first few months of college. My grades were bad, my family was in crisis, I felt friendless and alone and I did not know who I was or what I was doing. Those first few months felt like I was stumbling through a dark an unfamiliar

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    Chapter Two I ran away, sweating uncontrollably, breathing heavily as screams erupted behind me. I didn 't,t look back as they cal-no pleaded for me to return. I stubbornly ignored them but quickly regarded it as their voices became more clear, “He’s there! Don’t go near him! No one returns!” Suddenly the darkness covered me, eating me whole. Music, that’s the first thing I noticed. The tune that filled my ears reminded me of a children’s song. The medley was soft but had this odd second tune mixed

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    always knew that remembering the tears would make me laugh, but never had I imagined that remembering the laughs would make me cry. Thank you for sharing with me your charming smiles, your tender hearts, your games and dreams, I will always keep your laughter, your sweet “I love you”s and tears. Let me, in front of this illustrious audience, bid farewell to you, and remind you that there is a partner and a friend who loves you. You all are an essential part of my life and no matter where destiny leads

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