Quote by Richard Russo
Truth be told, Im not an easy man. I can be an entertaining one, t

Truth be told, Im not an easy man. I can be an entertaining one, though its been my experience that most people dont want to be entertained. They want to be comforted. – Richard Russo

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I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid. – Richard Russo

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If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill whats funny in the joke. – Richard Russo

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funny
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My books are elegiac in the sense that theyre odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination. – Richard Russo

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Id rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent. – John Wooden

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Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. – Will Rogers

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The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together. – Barbara de Angelis

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My feeling about work is its much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa. – Alan Cumming

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