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Quote by Eric Sevareid
Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor. – Eric Sevareid

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The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been, that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something. – Eric Sevareid

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Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt. – Eric Sevareid

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All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, Id be standing on the breadline right in back of J. Edgar Hoover. – Lenny Bruce

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I was a little shocked at how adult some of the humor was, because I was never that into animation before and when I watched Shrek I really laughed out loud. – Cheryl Hines

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The great thing about university is that they incline you to get up and do it, from the Classics to modern plays, to the humor that Monty Pythons made popular. – Michael York

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Humor

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

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Humor

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So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury and make sharper the contrast between the House of Have and the House of Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent. – Henry George, Progress and Poverty, 1879

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To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasnt everything. – Albert Camus

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You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it. – Edward Coke

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One of the glories of New York is its ethnic food, and only McDonalds and Burger King equalize us all. – John Corry

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