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The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Life
Wisdom
Achievement
Final
Above
Within
Requires
Serenity
Incongruity
Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night.
George Eliot
Silence
Worldly
Solemn
Faces
Voice
Never
Look
Sound
Effect
Same
Breaking
Coarse
Incongruity
Funeral
Night
I have a feeling that about 90% of my life has been shaped by my voice, both as an embarrassment and as an advantage. There was always the terrible incongruity of this deep voice barreling out of this little body. Somewhere in the back of my mind I was aware that it was ludicrous, that it took on an importance that wasn't really there.
Dick Cavett
Life
Mind
My Life
Somewhere
Feeling
Took
Back
Embarrassment
Out
Has-Been
About
Voice
Both
Shaped
Advantage
Importance
Terrible
Always
Been
Little
Really
Body
Deep
Ludicrous
Aware
Incongruity
In 'Hope Never Dies', Biden attempts to disguise himself with a beach look, hoping that the incongruity of it will allow him to snoop around Wilmington without being recognized. Obama, on the other hand, knows the best way to keep a low profile is to just be himself.
Andrew Shaffer
Hope
Best
Disguise
Will
Just Be
Other
Way
Recognized
Obama
Wilmington
Hoping
Best Way
Beach
Allow
Never
Attempts
Look
Him
Himself
Knows
Around
Without
Hand
Dies
Just
Being
Low
Keep
Profile
Incongruity
One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation.
Robert Mankoff
Try
Mind
Humor
Joke
Situation
Resolved
Monty
About
Retain
Observation
Part
Vehicle
Stuff
New
Ideas
Also
Well
How
Editorial
Question
Lot
Tapping
Comment
Yorker
New Yorker
Communicating
Use
Strangeness
Incongruity
Playful