#par

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#comedy #difficult #fool #most #must

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#engaged #favors #find #jam #louis

I remember my Republican Party as fiscally conservative, as caring about the environment. ↗

— Lincoln Chafee

#caring #conservative #environment #fiscally #fiscally conservative

Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response to surging medical malpractice premiums that endanger Americans' access to quality medical care. ↗

— Lincoln Chafee

#care #comprehensive #considered #endanger #liability

My challenge to members on both sides of the aisle is to stand up and have the integrity to say that we have a dead U.S. agent; we have a Department of Justice that lied to Congress. ↗

— Jason Chaffetz

#aisle #both #both sides #challenge #congress

I played a lot of character parts in school. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#i #lot #parts #played #school

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#combination #comes #felt #i #influences

I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they laugh again. The fact that people come to see that and participate in that... I don't know, it's just like magic. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#always #come #else #fact #full

Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven? ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#amid #been #called #charming #country

The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud. ↗

— Leslie Charteris

#clearly #copy #course #disparaging #eyes