"The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears."

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Stephen Leacock

#Growth Quotes #Tears Quotes #Literature Quotes

“you learn more from your mistakes than you do from your successes.”

Source : "At 95, Brazelton shares 'A Life Caring for Children'". Interview with Nanci Hellmich, www.usatoday.com. May 1, 2013.
“One's life is an act with no actor, and thus it has always been recognized that the insane man that has lost his mind is a parody of the sage who has transcended his ego. If one is paranoid, the other is metanoid.”
“What you resist persists. And only what you look at, and own, can disappear. You make it disappear by simply changing your mind about it.”
“I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.”
“My heart had a crush on him from the moment we met, but it was faint, and the rest of me stubbornly refused to play along.”
“The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.”

Source : John Wilder Tukey (1977). “Exploratory Data Analysis”, Pearson College Division
“What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.”
“I guess I just have one of those resting faces that makes me look like I want to beat you up.”

Source : "Jeremy Renner Talks MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL, THE AVENGERS, THE BOURNE LEGACY, James Gray’s LOW LIFE, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 13, 2011.

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