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David Hare: The poetry from...

David Hare: The poetry from...

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Suspicion. . ....

Nathalie Sarraute: Suspicion. . ....

Suspicion. . . is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another...

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Samuel Beckett: I shall state...

Samuel Beckett: I shall state...

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of...

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George Gordon Byron: In general I...

George Gordon Byron: In general I...

In general I do not draw well with literary men -- not that I dislike them but I never know what to say to them after...

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Christopher Isherwood: I'll bet Shakespeare...

Christopher Isherwood: I'll bet Shakespeare...

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some...

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Edna St Vincent Millay: Pity me that...

Edna St Vincent Millay: Pity me that...

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn
What the swift mind beholds at every turn.


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Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.

Source: Of...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: I much prefer...

Titus Maccius Plautus: I much prefer...

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Source: In...

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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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Maxwell Anderson: If you practice...

Maxwell Anderson: If you practice...

If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you. It may break your heart but it will fill your heart...

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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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Jean Racine: She wavers, she...

Jean Racine: She wavers, she...

She wavers, she hesitates; in one word, she is a woman. (Elle flotte, elle h?site; en un mot, elle est...

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Menander: Man must be...

Menander: Man must be...

Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.

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George S Kaufman: I like terra...

George S Kaufman: I like terra...

I like terra firma; the more firma, the less terra.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Alan Jay Lerner: An Englishman's way...

Alan Jay Lerner: An Englishman's way...

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him

Source: My Fair Lady,...

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Christopher Fry: I sometimes think<br>His...

Christopher Fry: I sometimes think
His...

I sometimes think
His critical judgement is so exquisite
It leaves us nothing to admire except his...

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Maurice Maeterlinck: All our knowledge...

Maurice Maeterlinck: All our knowledge...

All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know...

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Henry Ford: I'm looking for...

Henry Ford: I'm looking for...

I'm looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.

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Robert Townsend: Excellence and size...

Robert Townsend: Excellence and size...

Excellence and size are fundamentally incompatible.

Source: In Quotable Business,...

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Sam Walton: I had to...

Sam Walton: I had to...

I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this...

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