"I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being."

-- Stephen Mangan

#Dark Quotes #Passionate Quotes #Way Quotes

“What I try to do is to keep emotion on a tight leash; otherwise, it can never be transubstantiated into poetry.”

Source : Source: blog.yupnet.org
“If a man could understand all the horror of the lives of ordinary people who are turning around in a circle of insignificant interests and insignificant aims, if he could understand what they are losing, he would understand that there can only be one thing that is serious for him - to escape from the general law, to be free. What can be serious for a man in prison who is condemned to death? Only one thing: How to save himself, how to escape: nothing else is serious.”
“Life is about strategy nottragedy. Make the best one.”
“Only the blood of Jesus can cleanse us, yet if we withhold ourselves from that blood, we will be unclean forever.”
“I mean, I take that with the biggest amount of pride there could possibly be because I have so many idols of gymnasts that were before me. I think having perspective now on how hard it is for all of the starts to line up for something like that to happen, I'm just very proud of that moment and that whole atmosphere.”
“Insistence on having a sexual orientation in sex is about defending the status quo, maintaining sex differences and the sexual hierarchy; whereas resistance to sexual orientation, regimentation is more about where we need to be going.”

Source : John Stoltenberg (2005). “Refusing to be a Man: Essays on Social Justice”, p.92, Routledge
“Scientists who do deny their politicsâ€”who claim to be objective and unemotional about gender while living in a world where even boats and automobiles are identified by sexâ€”are fooling both themselves and the public at large.”

Source : Anne Fausto-Sterling (1992). “Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men”, p.12, Basic Books
“I've had a wonderful career and I'm very happy to have had all of the opportunities that I've had to tell stories and work for as long as I have. I'm sure there'll be a few more films but I'm happy that I'm able to be selective.”

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