"Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets."

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Source : "One original gangster". Interview with Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2010.

Takeshi Kitano

#Violence Quotes #Humour Quotes #Unpredictable Quotes

“Without a goal to work toward, we will not get there.”
“When humans become gods, when our wings grow so great as to beat about the very edges of the earth, no one can answer but us.”
“The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.”
“One of the things that we talked about was this idea of 'Memento Mori' - like the reminder of our own mortality - and so we were sort of trying to express that in our press photos. And it's one of the themes of the album [Modern Vampires of the City] as well.”
“The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me. I don't want to have anything to do with such a God. But while I cannot conceive of such a God, I do recognize the existence of a great universal power - a power which we cannot even begin to comprehend and might as well not attempt to. It may be a conscious mind, or it may not. I don't know. As a scientist I should like to know, but as a man, I am not so vitally concerned.”
“What's the use of worrying? It never was worthwhile.”

Source : Pack up your Troubles (1915 song; music by Felix Powell)
“Making people laugh is magic. I feel like if you have humility, then you can do anything in comedy.”
“Rather than becoming obsessed with the evil around you, ask God to give you a fresh perspective to see how He can bring good out of it. Look for the hand of God in your difficult situations. He is willing to use even the most horrible sins and the most foolish choices, as long as we trust Him to do just that.”

Source : Phil Waldrep (2016). “Reaching Your Prodigal: What Did I Do Wrong? What Do I Do Now?”, p.106, Worthy Publishing

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