"As men neither fear nor respect what has been made contemptible, all honor to him who makes oppression laughable as well as detestable. Armies cannot protect it then; and walls which have remained impenetrable to cannon have fallen before a roar of laughter or a hiss of contempt."

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Source : Edwin Percy Whipple (1851). “Literature and life, lects”, p.48

Edwin Percy Whipple

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“A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice lessons, play other peoples' songs out of music books, and occasionally figure out how to play other people's music from records. This keeps my ears, fingers, and mind working”
“Legal training has been quite useful in developing critical thinking. Whether one attains it in mathematics, philosophy or law, an analytic grounding can add great value in defining and confronting complex problems, or laying out a path to implement a vision.”
“Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you.”
“A lot of people kind of want to wait until you're off a show before they book you into a movie.”

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“Redheads get so stereotyped. Youre either exotic and wild or totally Victorian.”

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“I am often fond of saying the Trekkers are passionate about a hobby, their hobby is 'Star Trek.' They are by and large very imaginative, very intelligent people, and they certainly have been more than generous to me.”
“A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines”
“Genuinely great humour recognises the world it's describing and yet we are also called into question by it. That's what great art should do. That's what great philosophy should do. The one thing about humour is that this is an everyday practice that does this.”

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