“He who is too eager to preserve his originality is already losing it.”
German composer Robert Schumann, quoted in The Boston Globe
“Tragedy is when I get a paper cut on my finger. Comedy is when you fall into a sewer and die.”
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Colin Powell, quoted in the Nashville Tennessean
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Philip Roth, quoted in NPR.org
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16th-century satirist Pietro Aretino, quoted in Forbes.com
