“I don't believe there is any finer mission on earth than just to make people laugh.”
Roscoe Arbuckle (1887–1933) American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
Interview (1916) http://www.2020site.org/fattyarbuckle/fatty.html
“People with a mission to save the earth want the earth to seem worse than it is so their mission will look more important.”
All the Trouble in the World (1994)
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“There's nothing like a mission to save the world to liven up a vacation.”
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Source: DragonQuest
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Marcelo H. del Pilar (1850–1896) Filipino writer, lawyer, and journalist (1850-1896)
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