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• I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms.

  Nile Rodgers

  School, Play, Subtle

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• I'm looking at some comedic horror films because I have often been accused of being too dark. I'm not dark, not compared with 'Saw' or anything like that. So I'm looking at live-action horror films, but not slasher ones - ones that have humor and maybe some social satire.

  Henry Selick

  Dark, Saws, Action

  "Siggraph: Henry Selick Wants to Make Comedic, Live-Action Horror Films" by Carolyn Giardina, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 22, 2013.

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• Well, these sad and hopeless obstacles are welcome in one sense, for they enable us to look with indifference upon the cruel satires that Fate loves to indulge in.

  Thomas Hardy

  Fate, Indulge In, Looks

  Thomas Hardy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)”, p.1758, Delphi Classics

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• The biggest problem I had with starring in Scrubs were the black doctors. I just had to keep telling myself this show was satire.

  Zach Braff

  Doctors, Black, Problem

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• SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Kindness, Imperfection, Enemy

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.197, 谷月社

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• Satire works in a bunch of specific ways, like a very precisely-geared bomb. It's a bit like something that looks harmless, and you swallow it, but once it's inside you it's too late, and it triggers, blowing up. And it's your specific inner beliefs and faulty arguments that trigger a satire bomb. If your arguments work, the bomb doesn't trigger, it doesn't need to.

  Steve Aylett

  Needs, Looks, Too Late

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• The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.

  Salman Rushdie

  Ideas, Criticism, Impossible

  "Salman Rushdie: Do we have to fight the battle for the Enlightenment all over again?" by Salman Rushdie, www.independent.co.uk. January 22, 2005.

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• The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture.

  Ben Nicholson

  Culture, British

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• I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire.

  Salman Rushdie

  Art, Charlie Hebdo, Charlie

  "Charlie Hebdo magazine attack: vigils held as French hunt suspects – as it happened". Statement, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 2015.

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• The more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that repression. But too often sarcasm passes for irony, name-calling passes for insight, bleeped-out four-letter words pass for wit, and lowest-common-denominator jokes pass for analysis. Satire should have a point of view. It doesn't have to get a belly laugh. It does have to present criticism.

  Paul Krassner

  Humor, Sarcasm, Views

  "In The Jester's Court". Interview with David Kupfer, thesunmagazine.org. February 2009.

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• I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity.

  Salman Rushdie

  Art, Charlie Hebdo, Stupidity

  "Charlie Hebdo magazine attack: vigils held as French hunt suspects – as it happened". www.theguardian.com. January 7, 2015.

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• Charlie Hebdo: Satire was the father of true political freedom, born in the 18th century; the scourge of bigots and tyrants. Sing its praises.

  Simon Schama

  Father, Tyrants, Charlie Hebdo

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• But satire, ever moral, ever new, Delights the reader and instructs him, too. She, if good sense refine her sterling page, Oft shakes some rooted folly of the age.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Age, Delight, Moral

  "Satires (Satire 9)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.

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• Humor is essential to a successful tactician, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.

  Saul Alinsky

  Successful, Essentials, Weapons

  Saul Alinsky (2010). “Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals”, p.75, Vintage

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• Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter. It is, in many ways, the most powerful form of free speech because it is aimed at those in power, or those whose ideas would spread hate. It is the canary in the coalmine, a cultural thermometer, and it always has to push, push, push the boundaries of society to see how much it’s grown.

  Joe Randazzo

  Powerful, Laughter, Hate

  "Former 'Onion' editor: Freedom of speech cannot be killed" by Joe Randazzo, www.msnbc.com. January 7, 2015.

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• Social satire has been around since people have been around.

  David Walliams

  People, Social, Has Beens

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Wickedly funny to read and morally bracing as only good satire can be.

  William Styron

  William Styron (2015). “My Generation: Collected Nonfiction”, p.609, Random House

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• It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Children, Sarcasm, Mind

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook J 157, 1799.

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• Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden

  Karl Kraus

  Censorship, Forbidden

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• Satire is an abuse of wit. It corrects few evils.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Evil, Abuse, Wit

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.207

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• What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy.

  Joseph Pulitzer

  Clever, Style, Needs

  c.1910 Quoted in Alleyne Ireland An Adventure with a Genius, ch.4.

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• It's supposed to feel good to throw a brick at the right people. There is a long tradition of naming and ridiculing and shaming and calling the villains what they are. Usually it was the artistocracy of the day and satire was the only way to speak truth to power.

  John Cusack

  Long, People, Feel Good

  "Talking With John Cusack". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2008.

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• When you see a culture where the intellectual architects of the invasion are not shamed for their behavior but rewarded within the mainstream media culture, black comedy, satire, absurdism is the only response.

  John Cusack

  Media, Black, Intellectual

  "Talking With John Cusack". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2008.

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• Nobody and nothing beats The Simpsons. Even after all this time, it's still the best satire since Monty Python.

  Alice Cooper

  Python, Beats, Stills

  Interview with Nick Harper, www.theguardian.com. November 28, 2003.

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• It's so funny that people think I actually ran for President. I am maybe the most un-political person you're ever going to meet. When I put "Elected" out, it was definitely a satire... "Alice Cooper for President"... when everybody realized I was running against Nixon, you known, even on a joke level, I think I got a lot of write-in votes.

  Alice Cooper

  Running, Writing, Thinking

  "Snakes on a Tour". "Kingsnake" podcast Interview, club.kingsnake.com. May 23, 2006.

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