"I'd like to introduce a man with a lot of charm, talent, and wit. Unfortunately, he couldn't be here tonight, so instead . . ."

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Source : Melvin Helitzer (1992). “Comedy Writing Secrets”, Writers Digest Books

Melvin Helitzer

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“Cheerfulness consists in not regarding things as our own, but as entrusted to us by God for the benefit of our fellow-servants. It consists in scattering them abroad generously with joy and magnanimity, not reluctantly or under compulsion.”

Source : Saint Symeon (the New Theologian) (1980). “Symeon New Theologian”, p.156, Paulist Press
“All I ask of food is that it doesn't harm me.”
“But the muse wonâ€™t always cooperate and she will never be coerced. Sometimes sheâ€™d rather take a nap or see a mid-afternoon movie.”
“The last time money left the art world, intrepid types maxed out their credit cards and opened galleries, and a few of them have become the best in the world.”
“I turn all thorn then, but you come back again and make my thorniness fragrant and pink and petaled.”
“Bankruptcy represents a longstanding commitment in this country to helping people get a fresh start. This principle has never been giving only certain people a fresh start.”
“Learn to drink as you pour, so the spiritual heart cannot run dry and you always have love to give.”
“Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons.”

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