"Comedy has traditionally been about fear of embarrassment."

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Marco Roth

#Comedy Quotes #Embarrassment Quotes

“To be a good trader, you need to trade with your eyes open, recognize real trends and turns, and not waste time or energy on regrets and wishful thinking.”

Source : Alexander Elder (2014). “The New Trading for a Living: Psychology, Discipline, Trading Tools and Systems, Risk Control, Trade Management”, p.3, John Wiley & Sons
“Nothing is worse than going home and having not played a gig.”
“My first singing role was as Susanna in a school production in a shortened form of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. I loved to sing and I was given lots of encouragement by a wonderful music teacher Mrs Ann Hill and by my parents who suggested I go to drama school.”

Source : "Angie Davidson Interviews Elaine Paige" by Angie Davidson, 2005.
“The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse.' There is no evidence that people want to use these things.”

Source : Review of the Macintosh, The San Francisco Examiner, February 19, 1984.
“I don't think anyone can answer whether the Fed is going to have to tighten beyond neutral, ... You have to be looking at the economy going forward and that changes as additional data comes in.”
“Out of the blue and into the black”
“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.”
“Variety is the spice of life. We all want surprises.”

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