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Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about. With all that's going on, how could I stop? ↗

— Gwendolyn Brooks

#could #day #disturbing #every #every day

One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#disaster #effective #either #going #i

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny. ↗

— James L. Brooks

#funny #i #somebody #value #who

I've done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens. ↗

— James L. Brooks

#broadcast #characters #done #finish #finish line

Things get very distorted when you do a movie, weirdly so. ↗

— James L. Brooks

#get #movie #things #very #weirdly

The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation. ↗

— Louise Brooks

#body #consist #descriptive #does #face

I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife. ↗

— Louise Brooks

#ever #gift #i #knife #people

Humor is just another defense against the universe. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#against #another #defense #just #universe

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#fly #given #god #tickets #us

Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#created #every #joy #laughter #man