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John Fletcher: Love's tongue is...

John Fletcher: Love's tongue is...

Love's tongue is in his eyes.

Source: Piscatory Eclogues, V. xiii
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August Wilson: Style ain't nothing...

August Wilson: Style ain't nothing...

Style ain't nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. Everybody got it.

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Edward Albee: If Attila the...

Edward Albee: If Attila the...

If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic.

Source: In Webster's...

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Arthur Miller: The job is...

Arthur Miller: The job is...

The job is to ask questions -- it always was -- and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of...

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Arthur Miller: When any creativity...

Arthur Miller: When any creativity...

When any creativity becomes useful, it is sucked into the vortex of commercialism, and when a thing becomes...

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William Congreve: Uncertainty and expectation...

William Congreve: Uncertainty and expectation...

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing...

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Maxwell Anderson: Truth's like a...

Maxwell Anderson: Truth's like a...

Truth's like a fire, and will burn through and be seen.

Source: In ...As One Mad...

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Maxwell Anderson: There are some...

Maxwell Anderson: There are some...

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that...

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Marsha Norman: Dreams are illustrations...

Marsha Norman: Dreams are illustrations...

Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.

Source: The...

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Eugene Ionesco: Mediocrity is more...

Eugene Ionesco: Mediocrity is more...

Mediocrity is more dangerous in a critic than in a writer.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jean Racine: A single word...

Jean Racine: A single word...

A single word often betrays a great design.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Aristophanes: These impossible women!...

Aristophanes: These impossible women!...

These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without...

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Aristophanes: You have all...

Aristophanes: You have all...

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar...

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Francois Rabelais: I have known...

Francois Rabelais: I have known...

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

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Samuel Smiles: Man cannot aspire...

Samuel Smiles: Man cannot aspire...

Man cannot aspire if he looks down; if he rises, he must look up.

Source: In The...

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Samuel Smiles: The reason why...

Samuel Smiles: The reason why...

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

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Margaret Halsey: The people who...

Margaret Halsey: The people who...

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality. Reality is...

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Hermann Hesse: To study history...

Hermann Hesse: To study history...

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. It is a very serious...

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Henry Fielding: I have found...

Henry Fielding: I have found...

I have found it; I have discovered the cause of all the misfortunes which befell him. A public school, Joseph, was...

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Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

The New Women! I could barely recognize them as being of the same sex as myself . . . .They are satiated by...

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