"I advise treating the studio audience like a nightclub audience because that's the reason you're doing television - to get them to come see you in a nightclub."

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Source : Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

Franklyn Ajaye

#Television Quotes #Reason Quotes #Advise Quotes

“When Russell was out, you stepped your game up for me, for the team. There were nights where you made me look way better than I am. You clean up so many of our mistakes, man, and we appreciate that. From everybody on the team, we appreciate that, man, and I thank you so much for giving me confidence when I didn't have it, for always being there when I wanted to talk to you, when I wanted to call, for arguing with me all the time, making me better, and realizing I'm not always right. Thank you, man. I appreciate you.”
“Worry, about the 'thousand and one' details entailed. My one-track mind has to be relieved of these worries completely or I cannot get started working on my paintings, or even get to sleep at night.”
“We must pursue the removal of church property by any means necessary in order to secure for ourselves a fund of several hundred million gold rubles.”
“The time for debilitating fear is before and after the mission.”

Source : Karl Marlantes (2011). “What It Is Like To Go To War”, p.35, Atlantic Books Ltd
“When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.”
“I felt the urge to reassure him that I was like everybody else, just like everybody else.”
“He wondered vaguely whether in the abolished past it had been a normal experience to lie in bed like this, in the cool of a summer evening, a man and a woman with no clothes on, making love when they chose, talking of what they chose, not feeling any compulsion to get up, simply lying there and listening to peaceful sounds outside. Surely there could never have been a time when that seemed ordinary?”
“I gave my heart to Jesus. I accepted him as my Lord and Savior, started reading the Bible, started going to a church (and) started a relationship with Jesus.”

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