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The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those emotio
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"The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those emotions into an expression of light relief; of tragedy, to wound them and bring the relief of tears. Disgust and terror are the other points of the compass"

- Laurence Olivier

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United Kingdom Flag This quote is written / told by Laurence Olivier between May 22, 1907 and July 11, 1989. He was a famous Actor from United Kingdom. The author also have 17 other quotes.

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