"One is always willfully absurd.... If one does not say silly things with a purpose, then he is merely an idiot."

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Source : Galen Beckett (2010). “The House on Durrow Street”, p.206, Spectra

Galen Beckett

#Silly Quotes #Doe Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“My biographer said that my parties reminded them of a vicarage tea party, with sex thrown in.”
“The people who hate SICP are the ones who just want to know how to drive their car on the highway, just like everyone else.”
“Acting is many things. Acting is playing lines, of course, but it's much more profound than that. Acting is truth-telling, and trying to find the truth in a human situation, which will be sketched out by a screenwriter with all the skill that a screenwriter can do; but in the end, that's just the map of the journey. The actor's job is to divine and embody the truth, and find it.”

Source : "NYFF: Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass Talk Captain Phillips". Interview, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. September 29, 2013.
“After developing a primitive theory (1968) I therefore did not pursue this subject. However, the work was taken up by others and in 1974 the first experiments were done in the ISR.”
“They keep saying that sea levels are rising an' all this. It's nowt to do with the icebergs melting, it's because there's too many fish in it. Get rid of some of the fish and the water will drop. Simple. Basic science.”

Source : "3 Minute Wonder", Episode 4, www.pilkipedia.co.uk. August 17, 2006.
“When you suddenly appear on the scene and you are the new face, everything centers on you. I experienced this in my mid-20s and I found it rather hard.”
“Genius is sorrow's child.”
“I remember going into a raggedy studio, still with my work uniform on. At the time, I was driving money trucks for Wells Fargo, so I had my gun and hat, which weighed me down in the heat. It was 97 degrees here in New York, and they had to turn the air conditioner off because it was too loud. So, I say, "Damn, it's hot in here!" That's how we came up with the song, "Damn, It's Hot." It was from our soul. We just got together, sang and made our own lyrics.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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