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Shelagh Delaney: [W]hen you leave...

Shelagh Delaney: [W]hen you leave...

[W]hen you leave school finally you will find that life is a game, sometimes serious, sometimes fun, but a game that...

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Terence Rattigan: Aunt Edna is...

Terence Rattigan: Aunt Edna is...

Aunt Edna is universal, and to those who may feel that all the problems of the modern theatre might be solved by her...

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Robert E Sherwood: He must be...

Robert E Sherwood: He must be...

He must be a chaser of wild geese, as well as of wild ducks. He must be prepared to make a public spectacle of...

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Peter Shaffer: All my wife...

Peter Shaffer: All my wife...

All my wife has ever taken from the Mediterranean - from that whole vast intuitive culture - are four bottles of...

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Samuel Beckett: We are all...

Samuel Beckett: We are all...

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

Source: 'Waiting for Godot'
-- Samuel...

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Samuel Beckett: Nothing matters but...

Samuel Beckett: Nothing matters but...

Nothing matters but writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile. . . a stain upon the...

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Thornton Wilder: But there comes...

Thornton Wilder: But there comes...

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not -- a...

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Martial: Lawyers are men...

Martial: Lawyers are men...

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Thomas Tusser: The stone that...

Thomas Tusser: The stone that...

The stone that is rolling can gather no moss;
For master and servant oft changing is...

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Nicolas Boileau: However big the...

Nicolas Boileau: However big the...

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

Source: L'Art...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Don't put too...

Miguel de Cervantes: Don't put too...

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

Source: In...

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Sean O'Casey: The hallway of...

Sean O'Casey: The hallway of...

The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be...

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Sean O'Casey: Wealth often takes...

Sean O'Casey: Wealth often takes...

Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a...

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Lorraine Hansberry: A woman who...

Lorraine Hansberry: A woman who...

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness as the...

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Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Source: Interviews with...

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Marcel Pagnol: A secret is...

Marcel Pagnol: A secret is...

A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper.

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Shelagh Delaney: 'There aren't enough...

Shelagh Delaney: 'There aren't enough...

''There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a...

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Terence Rattigan: A novelist may...

Terence Rattigan: A novelist may...

A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a...

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Christopher Hampton: I have always...

Christopher Hampton: I have always...

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

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August Wilson: She's just using...

August Wilson: She's just using...

She's just using him to keep from being by herself. That's the worst use of a man you can...

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