"I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian."

-- Paul Merton

#Thinking Quotes #Interesting Quotes #Comedian Quotes

“I expect we shall be told, that the Militia of the country is its natural bulwark, and would be at all times equal to the national defence...The facts, which from our own experience forbid a reliance of this kind, are too recent to permit us to be the dupes of such a suggestion.”
“The 19 hijackers that came over here to commit the attack on Sept. 11, there were those that were at the bottom of the line. There were those who were the principal conspirators. There were those who were the pilot. Everybody has a role.”
“The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.”
“This backlog affects not just the ability to identify and convict the guilty, but it also affects our ability to identify the innocent.”
“It's really amazing that I was discovered and that I've been given these great opportunities to travel the world and work with amazing artists. I'm very blessed.”
“I like Shakespeare, but I never know what the hell is going on.”

Source : "Tracy Letts Is Still Haunted by His Past". Interview with Alex Witchel, www.nytimes.com. March 21, 2014.
“Watch your own body and mind, and the people and things surrounding you, from the deep, calm place inside of you. When you do that you'll have insights as to what you need to do in order to flow with the river of life around you.”
“[On New York:] ... a city rose before me. It was narrow and tall like a gothic temple, surrounded by water, and ... it suddenly appeared, as if with a slight push it detached itself out of the invisible into the visible.”

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