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The one important...

The one important...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking...

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Jean Giraudoux: The secret of...

Jean Giraudoux: The secret of...

The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.

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Christopher Fry: How nature loves...

Christopher Fry: How nature loves...

How nature loves the incomplete. She knows
If she drew a conclusion it would finish...

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Christopher Fry: In my plays...

Christopher Fry: In my plays...

In my plays I want to look at life at the commonplace of existence as if we had just turned a corner and run into it...

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Pedro Calderon de la Barca: For I see...

Pedro Calderon de la Barca: For I see...

For I see now that I am asleep that I dream when I am awake.

Source: Life is a...

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William Wycherley: Your women of...

William Wycherley: Your women of...

Your women of honour, as you call'em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'tis scandal that...

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William Shakespeare: Present mirth hath...

William Shakespeare: Present mirth hath...

Present mirth hath present laughter
What's to come is still unsure.


Source:...

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William Shakespeare: When valour preys...

William Shakespeare: When valour preys...

When valour preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with.


Source:...

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Whenever you think...

Whenever you think...

Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the...

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Because it has...

Because it has...

Because it has such a ragged movement. It suggests something like that.

Source: On...

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Applause is a...

Applause is a...

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

Source: On why he did not respond to applause...

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When you sing...

When you sing...

When you sing a song with feeling and do your all you connect and that's crucial to me.

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There's no one...

There's no one...

There's no one to stop you but yourself.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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If you want...

If you want...

If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one...

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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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Brendan Behan: I'm a Communist...

Brendan Behan: I'm a Communist...

I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.

Source:...

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Adam Smith: What can be...

Adam Smith: What can be...

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear...

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Walter Bagehot: What impresses men...

Walter Bagehot: What impresses men...

What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.

Source: The English...

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Walter Bagehot: A man's mother...

Walter Bagehot: A man's mother...

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

Source: In Webster's...

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