"Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth."

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Source : "Laura Linney: 'Comedy is a way to survive'". Interview with Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2011.

#Way Quotes #Comedy Quotes #Chaos Quotes

“To me, it's our job as artists. You must bring joy.”
“Data quality is corporate America's dirty little secret.”
“When I am asked how I began writing poems, I talk about the indifference of nature.”
“Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front.”
“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”

Source : Lauren DeStefano (2011). “Wither”, p.145, Simon and Schuster
“Gut it is will move us from the gutter .. . to the rebirth of real men.”

Source : Keorapetse Kgositsile (2002). “If I could sing: selected poems”
“What you accomplish in life is limited only by your imagination and the fear of reprisal. Life is too fleeting and unrewarding to have to live with the added ***** of indignity. The denial of one's inevitable demise is what causes most of the astringent blandness in the world. When your existence ends most certainly in death, there is no such thing as 'going too far'. There are no 'lines' you should fear to cross except the finish line. Playing it safe is the most dangerous thing you could do.”
“I'm playing all the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order”

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