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Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. – Alfred North Whitehead

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From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at – you know, and the soapbox routine. Theyre much more uneasy knowing theyre a target of ridicule. – Carl Hiaasen

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Existence itself does not feel horrible it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience. – John Updike

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Anyone who teaches knows that you dont really experience a text until youve taught it, in loving detail, with an intelligent and responsive class. – Joyce Carol Oates

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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. – George Washington

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When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. – Buddha

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Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince. – H. L. Mencken

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The healthy man does not torture others — generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers. – Carl Gustav Jung

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