Kenneth Arrow (1921–2017) American economist
in Lives of the Literature, edited by William Breit and Barry T. Hirsch
1970s-1980s
“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.”
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