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Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.

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Joe Orton: It's all any...

Joe Orton: It's all any...

It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.

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David Mamet: The poker player...

David Mamet: The poker player...

The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that,...

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Antonin Artaud: When we speak...

Antonin Artaud: When we speak...

When we speak the word life, it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of...

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Antonin Artaud: We must wash...

Antonin Artaud: We must wash...

We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human.

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Jean Anouilh: The only immorality....

Jean Anouilh: The only immorality....

The only immorality. . . is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.

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George Chapman: Pure innovation is...

George Chapman: Pure innovation is...

Pure innovation is more gross than error.

Source: King Henry, in Bussy D'Ambois,...

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John Lyly: Many strokes overthrow...

John Lyly: Many strokes overthrow...

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Harriet Monroe: Surely the vogue...

Harriet Monroe: Surely the vogue...

Surely the vogue of those twisted and contorted human figures must be as short as it is...

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Nicolas Boileau: Gold lends a...

Nicolas Boileau: Gold lends a...

Gold lends a touch of beauty even to the ugly.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Louise A Bogan: But childhood prolonged,...

Louise A Bogan: But childhood prolonged,...

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

Source:...

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Terry McMillan: Can't nothin make...

Terry McMillan: Can't nothin make...

Can't nothin make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Source: In Famous...

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Charlotte Bronte: It is vain...

Charlotte Bronte: It is vain...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it...

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Francis Beaumont: It is always...

Francis Beaumont: It is always...

It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.


Source: The Faithful...

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Ugo Betti: Mad' is a...

Ugo Betti: Mad' is a...

'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

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Marcel Pagnol: One has to...

Marcel Pagnol: One has to...

One has to look out for engineers -- they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic...

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Harold Pinter: In other words,...

Harold Pinter: In other words,...

In other words, apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?

Source:...

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Joe Orton: It's all any...

Joe Orton: It's all any...

It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.

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Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Christopher Hampton: Asking a working...

Christopher Hampton: Asking a working...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post how it feels about...

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