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"Humor is a means of obtaining pleasure in spite of the distressing effects that interface with it."
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"Some kleptomaniacs do not steal things only; they also, while some only, steal lovers."

"You know, Aunt Tasha makes jokes about how youE1d actually be a better queen than the others, except sometimes . . . I donE1t think sheE1s joking."

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"Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions."
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"What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult."


"America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success."


"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young."


"Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs, he is truly magnificent; but those organs have not grown on him and they still give him much trouble at times."


"The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture."
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