"I don't like talking about myself; I like to let the music be the spokesperson for me. So doing a memoir and all that chronological 'and then this happened and then blah blah' doesn't appeal to me that much. I think there's more mystique in what you don't know about."

-- Russell Mael

#Thinking Quotes #Music Is Quotes #Memoir Quotes

“I always try to think before I talk.”
“I see no greatness in my self...I'm a simple-minded, child-like, insipid sort of moronic and kind of akward feeling adolescent.”
“Still, you can't complain about the number of movies being made. Never have the means of making movies been so accessible to so many. The problem is getting bodies into seats.”
“I've come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks.”
“The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.”

Source : "The Joy of Six: great Wimbledon finals" by Scott Murray, Paul Doyle, Jacob Steinberg, www.theguardian.com. July 5, 2013.
“The University of Google is where I got my degree from.”

Source : "Ten alternative facts for the post truth world". www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2017.
“We don't apologize for a joke. We are comics. We are here to make you laugh. If you don't get it, then don't watch us.”
“Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.”

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