"I think the first rule of comedy is that it has to be funny and I find a lot of the broad comedy which is sent to me, painfully unfunny."

-- Nigel Cole

#Thinking Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Comedy Quotes

“Many people put up with things that are unpleasant but tolerable, rather than changing them; their situation needs to become unbearable before they take action”

Source : Brendan Brazier (2007). “The Thrive Diet, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Plant-Based Whole Foods Way to Staying Healthy for Life”, p.37, Penguin Canada
“At the root of all power and motion, at the burning center of existence itself, there is music and rhythm.”
“When I was little, I had this science book. There was a section on 'What would happen to the world if there was no friction?' Answer: 'Everything on earth would fly into space from the centrifugal force of revolution.' That was my mood.”
“A kid thinks her mother is just that -- hers. A mother is also a woman, an independent being, who doesn't want to be reminded by anyone, child or otherwise, of her tree-trunk thighs. The world made women's private lives a public affair to people who knew them and even people who didn't.”
“Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.”
“To torture a man you have to know his pleasures.”
“The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.”

Source : Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.222, Verso
“The FA have given me a pat on the back. I've taken violence off the terracing and onto the pitch.”

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