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"You learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
    -- Aristotle Plato
"When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction."
    -- Mark Twain
"If 5th century BC Pythagoras discovered algebraic theorems, if 19th century Darwin discovered the evolution of species, then what topics does the 21st century mind explore? I would say evolutionary psychology, primitive neuroscience, and information networks."
    -- Luigi Mangione
"I feel lucky for my 21st century education. I get to simply download the knowledge of all who came before me, allowing me to stand on their shoulders and ponder new problems they never would have had access to."
    -- Luigi Mangione

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"It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves."
    -- Zelda Fitzgerald
"The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that...Without the laughter it becomes poetry or public speaking or a soliloquy; it isn't comedy anymore."
    -- Trevor Noah
"If you leave my class knowing anything, it will be how to write a declarative sentence that gets your point across. I will teach you how to listen to the show you want to write for and how to tailor your style toward its voice. More importantly, I will teach you how to write on demand, which is why the core of the course involves writing in class, on deadline. These skills will serve you well in late night, on awards shows, in sitcom writing roo"
    -- Guy Nicolucci


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