"A lot of us [comedians] are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because we didn't feel so great about ourselves, and we didn't know how to do anything about that, so we sought external approval."

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Source : Source: www.npr.org

Barry Crimmins

#Comedian Quotes #Approval Quotes #Stage Quotes

“Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.”
“The only person who counts in the administration is the president of the United States.”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
“For children, Christmas is anticipation. For adults, Christmas is memory.”
“The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops. Emergence results in the creation of novelty, and this novelty is often qualitatively different from the phenomenon out of which it emerged.”
“Tell the truth, even if they do look at you funny.”

Source : "Fictional character: Edward Darko". "Donnie Darko", www.imdb.com. 2001.
“I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Beauty is the door to another world...”
“Learning to live with ambiguity is learning to live with how life really is, full of complexities and strange surprises..:”

Source : James Hollis (2008). “What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life”, p.156, Penguin

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