"That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward."

-- Ernest Hemingway

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“Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown, 'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.”
“It's better to play to the host as though in a real conversation and let the audience listen in- which they are.”

Source : Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”
“The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience. Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor.”
“If [the Packers] can protect Aaron Rodgers and allow him to throw the ball down the field this game will not even be a contest. But if they do not, and Minnesota can come in here and run the football, we are going to have ourselves a good game tonight.”
“All love is sweet Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar voice wearies not ever.”
“I lay down the Position, That whatever a Conscience well directed allows us to do for the Advancement of Truth, an erroneous Conscience will warrant for advancing a suppos'd Truth.”

Source : Pierre Bayle, John Kilcullen, Chandran Kukathas (2005). “A philosophical commentary on these words of the Gospel, Luke 14.23: "Compel them to come in, that My house may be full"”, Liberty Fund Inc.
“I think some people still don't really know what ethical fashion is.”
“Becoming an artist is about sitting and paying attention to the world that is passing everyone else by”

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