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...tragedy and comedy are very close of course. True tragedy and true comedy are almost indivisible--tears and laughter are terribly close to one another. I think one arrives at comedy later than tragedy. For instance, young actors always find tragedy much easier. It's always easier to immerse oneself emotionally in something; it's much more difficult to have a view. And comedy requires a kind of view of life, I think. The most important plays are the comic rather than the tragic ones. From Aristophanes onward the great commentators of life have been the satirists...
...shortchanged in college are perhaps handicapped in later life as well. According to David Auxter, professor of physical education at Pennsylvania's Slippery Rock State College, "We value athletics because they are competitive. That is, they teach that achievement and success are desirable, that they are worth disciplining oneself for. By keeping girls out of sports, we have denied them this educational experience. Better athletic programs will develop more aggressive females, women with confidence, who value personal achievement and have a strong sense of identity. I think that would be a good thing for us all." Wenning agrees. " Women...
Ultimately, however, concerning oneself with Radcliffe's negotiations with Harvard tends to cloud the present circumstances. Right now, Radcliffe is a separate institution that simply does not enjoy a hefty endowment...
Manhattan Psychiatrist James Baxter argues that such roundabout reasoning is contradictory. Nevertheless, he says, the book is appealing because "a bedrock of respect for oneself is essential, and today we are rampant with self-recrimination. The U.S. is having a crisis of conscience unparalleled since the Civil...
...small car feels like the automotive extension of oneself, while an American V-8 is so dwarfing that I feel like it is driving me. Finally (perhaps best of all), people compliment me on my genuine austerity rather than my feigned "potency...