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“The commercial theatre may still be considered one of New York's primary tourist attractions, but . . . there is no longer an audience for serious Broadway plays. . . . Perhaps we should acknowledge that, having lost its traditional audience, Broadway can never again be a home for new plays.”
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“...the waiter has to come from a place of concentration, subjugation, and complete, limitless service. Nothing is too much trouble. The customer is always right, even when he is wrong. There is no limit to what you will do to serve while that person is in your bar and in your care.”
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“Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught.”
Source : Leslie Feinberg (1998). “Trans liberation: beyond pink or blue”, Beacon Pr
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“[Rural voters] have a different view of the world than people do in these urban centers.”
Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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“Character is too deep to catch in a single storyline. What really moves us - what makes the great stories, and there aren't so many of them - is the inevitability of character. The destiny. All we see is the arc. We'll never penetrate the secrets of the living, let alone the dead. I've spent my whole life trying to understand people, and all I've learned is that the deeper we look, the greater the mystery. At the core, each person is unknowable. Maybe that's the soul? I have to respect that. The mystery, in fact, is what I've loved the most, in people and in stories as well.”
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“In nightlife you can do anything you want, because that is the fantasy life, the opposite of your daily life. Everything - except violence - is tolerated. And that is why it is so surrealistic in a way.”
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“I learned this a long time ago. If you call a guy into your office and shut the door, if theres media around, it sends up a red flag. I never wanted to embarrass a player.”
Source : "The skip’s good-bye". Interview with Mitch Albom, www.mitchalbom.com. November 10, 2013.
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“Michael has a connection with children, just like Mickey Mouse does, and he brings happiness to them, and joy.”