#rio

Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is between good and good. And no matter which side wins, we'll still be heartbroken. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#between #classical #defeated #evil #good

I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#during #gained #great #great deal #i

With Portlandia, I don't think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor comes from taking something really seriously. We're okay with making somebody feel uncomfortable or uneasy. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#comes #feel #find #funny #humor

I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I'd heard from church as a kid a lot more seriously - especially the Ten Commandments - and wondering how 'Thou shalt not kill' could be so absolutely ignored. It took me until I was in my 40s to write what I was thinking as a young soldier. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#church #commandments #could #especially #growing

Go on, then, and let your intent be seriousness. ↗

— Donald Cargill

#intent #seriousness #then #your

One of the things that comedy has given me over the years is a really good ability to laugh at myself and to not take things that don't matter too much too seriously. I feel that very little offends me anymore and I'm really grateful for that because I think I was a pretty uptight little kid. ↗

— Anna Faris

#anymore #because #comedy #feel #given

Yeah, I do like scary movies, especially the ones that don't take themselves too seriously. ↗

— Anna Faris

#i #i do #like #movies #ones

And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see. ↗

— Donald Cargill

#day #did #ever #eyes #glorious

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#believe #cottage #descended #inferior #man

People like Arvo Part would not have been taken seriously 20 years ago. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#been #like #part #people #seriously