"Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe."

-- Anne Bronte

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“A stage setting is not a background; it is an environment.”

Source : Robert Edmond Jones (2004). “The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre”, p.3, Taylor & Francis
“Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.”
“I ought to break your neck!" Clayton interrupted. Too late, Whitney realized that she shouldn't have been standing all this time on her "injured" knee. "Allow me to congratulate you on a fine day's work, Madam," he said sternly. "In less than twelve hours, you've brought Whitticomb to your side and Cuthbert to your feet.”
“it wont be possible to be famouse without courage.”
“But when it comes time to decide your fate, they'll sign you on the line right next to Satan. Cause' they don't care about us. They just use us up.”
“Even if I were certain that the world would end tomorrow, I would plant a tree this very day”
“A sentence starts out like a lone traveler heading into a blizzard at midnight, tilting into the wind, one arm shielding his face, the tails of his thin coat flapping behind him.”

Source : Billy Collins (2011). “Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems”, p.9, Random House
“For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.”

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