"The Sarajevans have a very particular world view - a mordant wit coupled with this unbearable sadness and... truckloads of guts, you know."

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Geraldine Brooks

#Sadness Quotes #Views Quotes #World Quotes

“It feels amazing to just be here and be able to share my jokes with the world. It's not so much about being a girl, it's about being a funny comic.”
“I don't like quintessential certitude.”

Source : Louise Bogan (1973). “What the woman lived: selected letters of Louise Bogan, 1920-1970”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
“All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast.”
“I am not doctor who and I can't turn back time. I once said the audience was all punks and little girls, now they are old punks and old little girls. I don't mind the fans being maturer, if there are younger fans that's good too.”
“The five million people who watch cable news are the political nation, the people who really care.”
“I've always thought that reviews and knowing how much your fans appreciate or don't like something, that's the sugar coating. I'm trying not to think about those things.”
“All sedentary workers ... suffer from the itch, are a bad colour, and in poor condition ... for when the body is not kept moving the blood becomes tainted, its waste matter lodges in the skin, and the condition of the whole body deteriorates.”
“We're very aggressive speakers. I remember when I was with one of my roommates in New York - and she's Portuguese, too - and we were in an Apple store talking about a computer in Portuguese. Some guy comes up to us and goes, "Hey, hey! Peace, peace! Stop arguing." It's not arguing. This is really just how we talk.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com

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