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Bryant H. McGill quote: "Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is..."

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

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In business it is most often all about getting your foot in the door and once you do, everything opens up and things start to naturally progress into bigger and more opportunities. Lori Greiner
Atticus, you must be wrong." "How's that?" "Well, most folks seem to think they're right and you're wrong. . ." "They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions," said Atticus, "but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. Harper Lee
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Beauty is everywhere a very welcome guest."
Beauty is everywhere a very welcome guest. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I worship scones and danishes. If I never had another meal, I wouldn't care as long as I could eat pastries and jelly doughnuts. Gene Simmons
Leo Tolstoy quote: "For if we allow that human life is always guided by reason, we..."
For if we allow that human life is always guided by reason, we destroy the premise that life is possible at all. Leo Tolstoy
The result of this union would be, not the fortuitous result of a series of approximations and concessions, but the harmonious synthesis of two aspects of a single thought. Jacques Ibert
I don't have the luxury of making clothes just to make an effect. It can't be something totally frivolous, because my distributors have to have a successful season, too. Anna Sui
Vincente Minnelli quote: "It's always the story that interests me."
It's always the story that interests me. Vincente Minnelli
Noam Chomsky quote: "As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice..."
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss. Noam Chomsky
Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power. Think of it: perhaps the more insane a man is, the more powerful he could become. Hitler an example. Fair makes the old brain reel, doesn't it? Ken Kesey
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Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide. Larry King
What he loved in horses was what he loved in men, the blood and the heat of the bood that ran them. All his reverence and all his fondness and all the leanings of his life were for the ardenthearted and they would always be so and never be otherwise. Cormac McCarthy
Napoleon Bonaparte quote: "We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him."
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him. Napoleon Bonaparte
Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent or consequence, are with or against assertions or premises implicit in the male system, which is made credible or authentic by the power of men to name. Andrea Dworkin