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Quote by Carrie Newcomer

“There's a spiritual current in my work because there's a spiritual current in my life.”

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Carrie Newcomer is an American singer-songwriter known for her warm folk style and profound lyrics. Her music blends elements of folk, gospel, and blues, making her popular among listeners. more

“As I grew up, everything started getting grey and dull. I could still remember the amazing intensity of the world I'd lived in as a child, but I thought the dulling of perception was an inevitable consequence of age - just as a lens of the eye is bound gradually to dim. I didn't understand that clarity is in the mind.”

World Mind Children Stills Eye Age Remember Grew Perception Grew Up Consequence Bounds Clarity Inevitable Dull Intensity Grey Lenses

Book:Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

Source: Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

“Don't come on to be funny - come on to solve problems.”

Problem Solve

Author:Keith Johnstone

“The best laughs are on the recognition of truth.”

Laughing Recognition

Author:Keith Johnstone

“In a scene [where the improvisers must interact] without the letter S, the audience is waiting for you to lose - so they can laugh at you. Don't try to win.”

Trying Winning Waiting Loses Audience Laughing Scene Letters Waiting For You

Author:Keith Johnstone

“Every time you go the way the audience expects, they'll think you're original. People laugh with pleasure at the obvious.”

People Thinking Way Pleasure Audience Laughing Originals Obvious

Author:Keith Johnstone

“Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults as atrophied children. Many 'well-adjusted' adults are bitter, uncreative, frightened, unimaginative, and rather hostile people. Instead of assuming they were born that way, or that that's what being an adult entails, we might consider them as people damaged by their education and upbringing.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Wells Children Might Born Teacher Teaching Adults Assuming Bitter Frightened Hostile Respectful Upbringing Immature

Author:Keith Johnstone

“Enjoy things even when you’re screwing up.”

Enjoy

Author:Keith Johnstone

“If you have a good idea, open your mouth and say something else.”

Ifs Ideas Funny Opinion Mouths Ironic Good Ideas Suggestions Playwright

Author:Keith Johnstone

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