"Madness has no sense of humour"

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Source : Adam Foulds (2009). “The Quickening Maze”, Random House

Adam Foulds

#Madness Quotes #Humour Quotes

“Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been done and it's so cliched. A weak male character is interesting: somebody else hasn't done it a hundred times. A strong female character is still interesting to me because it hasn't been done all that much, finding the balance of femininity and strength. [From a 1986 Fangoria interview]”
“Who's Chernabog?" Grumbled Maybeck. Philby answered,"Only the most powerful villian Walt Disney ever created.”
“Now, what tends to happen is that the stories get hyped. And the medicines are not quite as revolutionary and as dramatic as they seem to be. But, certainly, various phases of this problem are being attacked by the pharmaceutical companies.”
“With God, it's possible to be content wherever we are, with whatever we have.”

Source : Tricia Goyer (2013). “The One Year Book of Amish Peace: Hearing God's Voice in the Simple Things”, p.198, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.”

Source : Karl Barth (1967). “Church Dogmatics: The doctrine of God. 2 pts”
“China is crippling our manufacturing economy and eliminating our jobs by illegally flooding our markets.”
“Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack.”

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