If we need a true conception of the popular character to guide our sympathies rightly, we need it … - George Eliot

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Comedians are the most challenging people for me to shoot. Because you're not actually in the dialogue with them, they are performing. When I work with a comedian, I become their audience.

George Eliot

If we need a true conception of the popular character to guide our sympathies rightly, we need it equally to check our theories, and direct us in their application.

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