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There comes a...

There comes a...

There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within...

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First comes the...

First comes the...

First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your...

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I occasionally play...

I occasionally play...

I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing...

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Opera is a...

Opera is a...

Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.

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John Vanbrugh: Thinking is to...

John Vanbrugh: Thinking is to...

Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world.

Source: The Relapse,...

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Tom Stoppard: The truth is...

Tom Stoppard: The truth is...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to...

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Tennessee Williams: Make voyages....

Tennessee Williams: Make voyages....

Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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George Bernard Shaw: Martyrdom is the...

George Bernard Shaw: Martyrdom is the...

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Source:...

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Stanislaw Lec: When myth meets...

Stanislaw Lec: When myth meets...

When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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George Herbert: Our father is...

George Herbert: Our father is...

Our father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things...

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George Herbert: Wit's an unruly...

George Herbert: Wit's an unruly...

Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer.


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Edward Albee: I have a...

Edward Albee: I have a...

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.

Source: Who's Afraid...

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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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Thomas Middleton: There's no hate...

Thomas Middleton: There's no hate...

There's no hate lost between us.

Source: The Witch, act 4, sc. 3, 1627.
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Pierre de Beaumarchais: It is not...

Pierre de Beaumarchais: It is not...

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Source: In...

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Menander: We live, not...

Menander: We live, not...

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Jean Racine: Crime, like virtue,...

Jean Racine: Crime, like virtue,...

Crime, like virtue, has its degrees. (Ainsi que la vertue le crime a ses degr?s.)

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Philip Massinger: Now speak,<br>Or be...

Philip Massinger: Now speak,
Or be...

Now speak,
Or be for ever silent.


Source: The Duke of Milan, IV. iii.
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Jean Racine: It is no...

Jean Racine: It is no...

It is no longer a heat concealed in my blood, it is Venus herself grasping her prey. (Ce n'est plus une ardeur dans...

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Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of what's wrong with singers today is that they don't breathe right.

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