"The masters of the comic spirit are often our prophets."

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Source : Penelope Gilliatt (1990). “To wit: skin and bones of comedy”, Scribner

Penelope Gilliatt

#Humor Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Comedy Quotes

“Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it snows in your nose you catch cold in your brain.”
“When you're a trans woman, you are made to walk this very fine line, where if you act feminine you are accused of being a parody, but if you act masculine, it is seen as a sign of your true male identity. And if you act sweet and demure, you're accused of reinforcing patriarchal ideals of female passivity, but if you stand up for your own rights and make your voice heard, then you are dismissed as wielding male privilege and entitlement.”

Source : Julia Serano (2013). “Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive”, p.20, Seal Press
“Non-criminal sexual harassmentÂ on the job is not a problem for the virtuous woman except in the rarest of cases.”
“I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.”
“Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality.”

Source : Ben Shapiro (2015). “Ben Shapiro: Volume I”, p.54, Creators Publishing
“All human eyes have longing in them.”

Source : Ernesto Cardenal (1981). “Love”, Crossroad Publishing Company
“We will never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it. It's this self discovery that inevitably takes us to the wildest places on earth.”
“One of the great ambitions is to discover the diversity of the world, to discover who inhabits the world.”

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