"At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one."

-- George S. Kaufman

#Rehearsal Quotes #Dramatic Quotes #Absent Quotes

“I believe that the U.S. can and should be a global leader in the development of alternative energy sources...”
“Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst.”

Source : Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (2002). “Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition”, p.54, Penguin
“Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years.”
“I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the Central Intelligence Agency office there.”
“My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things.”

Source : "No more practice for A.I.: Allen Iverson says goodbye to Philadelphia" by Bryan Armen Graham, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2013.
“Big halls allow me to be a little "larger" and the challenge is make the show feel intimate.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“I knew Hillary Clinton from undergraduate days and was enormously impressed with her. She was a terrific energy and enthusiasm, and a great organizer. And I knew that she was going to have a political future.”
“A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could!”

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