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Tunes Quotes - Page 10

As a rule, I don't like to laugh at the misfortune of others. The exception to that rule is if it's really, really funny.

Scott Adams (2007). “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More”, p.186, Penguin

I think acting has made me very in tune with human behavior and myself as well.

Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 1, 2014.

One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in Massachusetts to sing show tunes.

Sarah Vowell (2005). “Assassination Vacation”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.

Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Large Edition”, p.30, ReadHowYouWant.com

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.

"INTERVIEW: Man on the Bridge; Leconte Balances Classic and Contemporary with 'Widow'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. February 28, 2001.

Misfortunes make us wise.

Mary Norton (2001). “The Borrowers Afield”

I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune.

"Leonard Cohen On Poetry, Music And Why He Left The Zen Monastery". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 21, 2016.