"That's why our comics are important: they're pointing things out and laughing at the same time. There have been horrible, horrible times in history. They're mostly horrible times. But not to laugh? Not to find humor in something like dark optimism/bright pessimism - I think that's sad, frankly."

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Source : Interview with James Yeh, believermag.com. January 1, 2018.

Lynne Tillman

#Dark Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Laughing Quotes

“If you doubt your sins have been forgiven, that in itself is sin.”
“The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.”
“Actually, the decision was not only expedient but necessary. The severity of this summary justice showed the world that we would continue to fight mercilessly, stopping at nothing. The execution of the Tsar's family was needed not only in order to frighten, horrify, and dishearten the enemy but also in order to shake up our own ranks, to show them that there was no turning back, that ahead lay either complete victory or complete ruin.”
“This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the irises of children's eyes.”
“I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The world is governed by love,--self-love.”
“This is one bar you should take home.”
“Who knows more about male weakness: you or me? Use my knowledge, Sage.”

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