"Courtesy is a waste of time; it weakens you and undermines you."

-- Yasmina Reza

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“In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really want to be listening to what somebody is saying; you want to project your jokes into their face.”
“This is no science, this is art, where equations fall away to elements like resolving chords, and where always prevails a symmetry either explicit or multiplex, but always of a crystalline serenity.”
“Sometimes, you gotta believe something crazy. Because all the other things you could believe hurt too much.”

Source : Pat Murphy (2008). “The Wild Girls”, p.36, Penguin
“If we want to write, it makes sense to readâ€”and to read like a writer. If we wanted to grow roses, we would want to visit rose gardens and try to see them the way that a rose gardener would.”
“I believe that the best way to create good living conditions for any animal, whether it's a captive animal living in a zoo, a farm animal or a pet, is to base animal welfare programs on the core emotion systems in the brain. My theory is that the environment animals live in should activate their positive emotions as much as possible, and not activate their negative emotions any more than necessary. If we get the animal's emotions rights, we will have fewer problem behaviors... All animals and people have the same core emotion systems in the brain.”
“If you really dissect hip-hop you will find a whole lot of Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, a lot of classic jazz samples in there.”
“What i literally cannot describe is the hollowness in my lungs when i am out of her presence. It is as if i were dying from the want of her.”

Source : Jed Rubenfeld (2007). “The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel”, p.235, Macmillan
“I am, therefore there is a God.”

Source : Moses Mendelssohn (2011). “Morning Hours: Lectures on God's Existence”, p.56, Springer Science & Business Media

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