"On stage you can group 200 people together and scare them or embarrass them or whatever. You can't do that on TV. You have to use the conventions, that's why Kevin (Turvey) works so well."

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Source : New Musical Express, November 7, 1981.

Rik Mayall

#People Quotes #Together Quotes #Scare Quotes

“How can you tell when a piece is finished?'I asked. 'You can't,' he said flatly. 'All you can tell is when you can't do any more to it. And then you need to stop because if you don't, you will spoil it.”

Source : Mary Hoffman (2011). “David”, p.201, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I'm not a leftist; I'm where the righteous ought to be.”
“You need at least eight or nine men in a ten-man wall.”
“Less volatile stocks tend to have negative abnormal profits; more volatile stocks tend to have positive abnormal profits.”

Source : "The Inefficient Stock Market - What Pays Off And Why". Book by Robert Haugen, ch. 11, The Negative Payoff to Risk, p. 113, 1999.
“If you take action, you will be judged. There's no way around it. The alternative, of course, is much safer. To be ignored. Up to you.”
“When you ignore what people are saying on a daily basis, calling for the annihilation of your country, you are ignoring them at your own risk.”

Source : "The Shell Game". Book by Steve Alten, 2007.
“After one moment of gripped immobility, the queen bent to kiss the king lightly on one closed eyelid, then on the other. She said, 'I love your eyes.' She kissed him on either cheek, near the small lobe of his ear. 'I love your ears, and I love'-she paused as she kissed him gently on the lips-'every single one of your ridiculous lies.' The king opened his eyes and smiled at the queen in a companionship that was as unassailable as it was unfathomable.”
“The Argentineans practice on the court for two hours a day, then they must practice in front of a mirror for two more hour saying 'I'm not guilty.'”

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