"The clown may be the source of mirth,……" — Angela Carter
"The clown may be the source of mirth, but - who shall make the clown laugh?"
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129 Quotes by Angela Carter
Angela Carter has 129 quotes on this site.
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Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.
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Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience…
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Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.
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It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she…
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To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a…
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There's a theory, one I find persuasive, that the quest for knowledge is, at bottom, the search for the answer…
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The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul - enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a…
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What a joy it is to dance and sing!
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Just because we're sisters under the skin doesn't mean we've got much in common.
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Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults…
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A book is simply the container of an idea-like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.
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Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.
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More Clown Quotes
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I've always been a clown trapped in a leading man's body.
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As I see it, fast food outfits have targeted small children with their advertising in a very effective way. You…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but…
— Tim Burton
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I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far…
— Charlie Chaplin
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I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.
— Diane Cilento
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She was this incredible mom. With each of her kids, she did something called `time,' where she would spend an…
— Jeff Bridges
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On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling…
— Bobby Jones
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The comic spirit masquerades in all things we say and do. We are each a clown and do not need…
— James Hillman
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I've had this look for about a year. I usually grow this beard out around Christmas. I like to go…
— Marc Maron
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I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the…
— Roberto Benigni
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A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast.
— Groucho Marx
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All the world loves a clown.
— Cole Porter
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