Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes

The essence of the ludicrous consists in surprise,--in unexpected terms of feeling and explosions of thought,--often bringing dissimilar things together with a shock; as when some wit called Boyle, the celebrated philosopher, the father of chemistry and brother of the Earl of Cork.

Edwin Percy Whipple

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• Chemistry

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• When I was growing up, skateboarding was big and basketball was big.

  

  Vince Staples
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• I've been a fanatic about working out all my life.

  

  Dan Gable
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• I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.

  

  Nalo Hopkinson
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• When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.

  

  Washed Out
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• Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.

  

  Taylor Lautner
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• Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.

  

  Warren Farrell
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• Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.

  

  Ian Hacking
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• My parents wanted me to be a teacher. Because I could work most of the year and pursue the things that I love to do during the summer. It just seemed like a good plan.

  

  Kate Micucci
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• If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape.

  

  Sammy Hagar Van Halen
  • Stop
  • Singing
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• The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
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• I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.

  

  Dan Gilbert
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• Now I want to make it plain that 'The Virgin Spring' must be regarded as an aberration. It's touristic, a lousy imitation of Kurosawa.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
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• I was in Minnesota, where I was born, and I did print ads and commercials. And that was always cool 'cause when you're little, you can only work two hours a day, and it changes.

  

  Yara Shahidi
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• All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us.

  

  Yahoo Serious
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• A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it.

  

  Hannah Gadsby
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• The Marine Corps is supposed to be the toughest and most rigorous of its class.

  

  Adam Driver
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• I just want get to as high as I can go. I think that's the safest and most politically correct thing I can say. I'm not trying to take anyone's spot. I want to create my own lane and shoot to the sky.

  

  Kat Graham
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• If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.

  

  Rachel True
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• They were also the tracks on which we channelled a love of Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder. Ian Curtis had first introduced us to the icy Germans, and that was quickly followed by an even greater admiration for Moroder, particularly his work with Donna Summer on ‘I Feel Love’ and his production of the wonderful Sparks track ‘Number One Song in Heaven’. His solo record E=MC2 became a big inspiration and definitely led us into ‘Temptation’. All we had to do was work out how they bloody did it.

  

  Peter Hook New Order
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  • Inspiration
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• I remember thinking, 'I can't act.' Pretending to be someone else is a terrifying thought. The thing was that, along with other people, I could create a whole world. I felt absolutely right directing.

  

  Garry Hynes
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• If what charms you is nothing but abstract principles, sit down and turn them over quietly in your mind: but never dub yourself a Philosopher.

  

  Epictetus
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• In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably what I was built for.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • Heart
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• Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • You
  • Trust
  • End

• The essence of the ludicrous consists in surprise,--in unexpected terms of feeling and explosions of thought,--often bringing dissimilar things together with a shock; as when some wit called Boyle, the celebrated philosopher, the father of chemistry and brother of the Earl of Cork.

  

  Edwin Percy Whipple
  • Thought
  • Surprise
  • Philosopher