"Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you try to explain it to someone else and end up saying, 'You had to be there."

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Source : "I'm not an interesting celebrity. I don't snort cocaine or wear women's underwear" by Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2007.

Jack Dee

#Air Quotes #Trying Quotes #Matter Quotes

“I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.”
“Aikido is the principle of non-resistance. Because it is non-resistant, it is victorious from the beginning. Those with evil intentions or contentious thoughts are instantly vanquished. Aikido is invincible because it contends with nothing.”
“I'm more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I'm not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.”
“For years I said if I could only find a comfortable chair I would rival Mozart.”

Source : Morton Feldman (2000). “Give My Regards to Eighth Street: Collected Writings of Morton Feldman”
“Confidence and hope do more good than physic.”
“I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.”
“Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.”
“Writers are the engineers of human souls.”

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