"In my whole career, in fact, I can remember only two first nights when a show was at its peak on the first night. And I just wish we could devise a system where critics came not on a single evening but were given a choice of performances to attend."

-- Richard McCabe

#Night Quotes #Careers Quotes #Two Quotes

“Everything in our lives has the potential to wake us up or put us to sleep. Allowing it to awaken us is up to us.”
“Happily ever after is a concept I'll never believe in.”
“Soviet rocket troops possess enough equipment to be able, if need be, to sweep any aggressor from the face of the earth at whatever point of the globe he may be and whatever military power, territory, or economy he may possess.”

Source : "Military Procurement Authorization", United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, 1963.
“My dog, Ginger, is jumpy-like me-sensitive to sound and sudden movement. She wasn't that way at first, but not long after we got her, my grandfather told me to stand still outside and hold her leash tight. Then he shot a gun off by our feet, several times. "This is how girls learn to obey," he said, "how to be seen and not heard."”
“To me, natural, healthy looking skin is really beautiful. With a little concealer, eyeshadow, liner, gloss and bronzer, I love my lighter makeup look. I've saved so much money on facials!”
“A single action can cause a life to veer off in a direction it was never meant to go.”

Source : Anita Shreve (2009). “Testimony”, p.198, Hachette UK
“I'm sick of all you ammo-phobes being intolerant of my gun.”
“The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.”

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