"Jackass: The Movie is great. I think it's in the tradition of physical comedy, which I'm really interested in. Its relationship to gravity, and how gravity acts on the body"

-- Matthew Barney

#Thinking Quotes #Body Quotes #Comedy Quotes

“...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the very people associated with various uplifting activities in the theater are people who are astoundingly lacking in idealism.”

Source : Minnie Maddern Fiske, Alexander Woollcott (1917). “Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production”
“I would say, in humanity, there is some unbreakable element that makes us so special, and I would call that hope or a belief in something better. It's something that drives us.”
“Pray the gods do not envy your happiness!”
“I've always been interested in foreign relations. It's my belief that study of history should be our preparation for understanding the present rather than an escape from it.”
“I found that my name signed to a check was even more welcome than when signed to a letter ...”
“At the Isle of Wight, the sound went out and kind of kept on going. And I wasn't... when I came off stage I was kind of unhappy about how we had played. But now, I listen back to those recordings and it's not bad.”
“I have a little piece of advice for all the single guys out there, this is a piece of gold so please write this down. If you have the opportunity to star in a movie, do it. Seriously, I find it's a lot easier to meet girls.”
“The reactionary suicide is â€˜wise,â€™ and the revolutionary suicide is a â€˜fool,â€™ a fool for the revolution in the way Paul meant when he spoke of being a â€˜fool for Christ,â€™ That foolishness can move mountains of oppression; it is our great leap and our commitment to the dead and the unborn.”

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