#co

I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't? ↗

— Paul Merton

#being #comedy #fascinated #funny #i

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. ↗

— James Merrill

#astonishing #become #external #five #his

At college I'd seen my dead frog's limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn't believed. Didn't dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw. ↗

— James Merrill

#around #believed #beyond #college #dead

Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays. ↗

— James Merrill

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Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication. ↗

— James Merrill

#access #communication #daunting #easy #easy access

Judaism is a conspiracy against all races. ↗

— Tom Metzger

#conspiracy #judaism #races

Mr. Ware has no right to discharge any of his laborers on account of their political opinion. ↗

— Charles E. Merrill

#any #discharge #his #laborers #mr

Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#desperation #fire #full-bodied #honest #over

In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. ↗

— Paul Merton

#comedy #contemporary #fact #fear #i

When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. ↗

— Paul Merton

#books #comedy #generations #history #humour