"Roy Blount, who is the funniest person I know, journeys deep into the dark heart of humor and brings back a wonderfully insightful, superbly crafted song of the soul that had me laughing and crying too"

-- Dave Barry

#Song Quotes #Heart Quotes #Dark Quotes

“I do whatever [comedies] I'm attracted to. It's like the woman who stands out in the crowd, who for some reason you notice, that's the one you're supposed to dance with at that time in your life. That's just what it is with scripts - they find you when you're emotionally in the right place to do them.”
“irony is an indispensable ingredient of the critical vision; it is the safest antidote to sentimental decay.”
“A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.”
“By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it”

Source : Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “The Science of Wallace D. Wattles: The Science of Being Well, The Science of Getting Rich & The Science of Being Great – Complete Trilogy: From one of the New Thought pioneers, author of How to Promote Yourself, New Science of Living and Healing, Hellfire Harrison, A New Christ, How to Get What You Want and Jesus The Man and His Work”, p.49, e-artnow
“A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.”
“Workers are on the streets today with a clear message to Europe's leaders. There is a great danger that workers are going to pay the price for the reckless speculation that took place in financial markets.”
“After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made and I got professionally involved with a manager who said it didn't matter what you did as long as you kept working. I wound up completely broke.”
“Perhaps it is our obligation to be noble before it is our obligation to be happy.”

Source : Kathleen McGowan (2010). “The Poet Prince”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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