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Quote by Horace Walpole
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isnt. A

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isnt. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. – Horace Walpole

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Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony. – Horace Walpole

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I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if ones tongue dont move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule. – Horace Walpole

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My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor. – Manuel Puig

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I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic. – Shelley Berman

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For the most part, comedians are pretty friendly with each other. They always say they badmouth each other, but most of the time, theyre friends. Were the only ones that can really stand our type of humor. – Colin Quinn

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Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary. – Shel Silverstein

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