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Laurence Olivier Quotes
	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 Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
	Type: Actor Quotes Category: English Actor Quotes Date of Birth: May 22, 1907 Date of Death: July 11, 1989 Nationality: English Amazon: Laurence Olivier on Amazon	Related Authors: Charlie Chaplin Max Beerbohm Michael Caine Peter Ustinov Orlando Bloom Christopher Eccleston Ben Kingsley Tom Felton
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