"When my mother died, I had to go on air that night and do jokes."

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Graham Kennedy

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“Each time I write, each time the authentic words break through, I am changed. The older order that I was collapses and dies. I lose control. I do not know exactly what words will appear on the page. I follow language. I follow the sound of the words, and I am surprised and transformed by what I record.”

Source : Susan Griffin (1983). “Made from this earth: an anthology of writings”, HarperCollins Publishers
“I think every single American believes they have a right to clean air and clean water.”
“I think about how a guy mentally prepared himself to do battle, to go out and face the pitcher. I think so many hitters do not know how to get themselves prepared to play or hit against a pitcher. You have to mentally be prepared to hit against all pitchers.”
“who want to benefit from the commonwealth must contribute to the common purse.”
“When people come up to me and say, 'You made it,' I think, 'But I'm not done yet. Not everyone's heard my music.' I want to be a household name.”
“Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.”
“If a quick glance back over world history shows us anything, it shows us that war was one of our most universal joys from our earliest beginnings, savored at every possible opportunity and even some quite incomprehensible ones ...”
“I once met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult.”

Source : Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1873). “Notes of Thought”, p.210

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