"Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we have no good answer to that question."

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Source : Stanley Cavell (1981). “Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage”, p.259, Harvard University Press

Stanley Cavell

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“I think your program has to reflect what your basic feelings are. Ill plead guilty to that.”
“I suppose every time [something bad happens], I have that instinct to make that joke that distracts.”
“At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.”
“Jews are a singular confusion â€” difficult to define, awkward to describe, impossible to understand. All the virtues, all the vices, every pleasure, every pain â€” nothing is spared them.”

Source : Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books
“The Pretty Lady's brains were almost entirely in her fingers.”

Source : Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (2012). “The Sick-a-Bed Lady: And Other Tales”, p.129, The Floating Press
“Country has to stop giving electricity for free. It is like giving people cocaine.”
“I've been very lucky, this is my 30th year on TV.”
“The Democratic Party hasn't whipped anybody into a frenzy. The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don't have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.”

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