"Sometimes actors don't remember their lines. At its worst, this means they 'dry' and silence descends. More commonly, the original lines are paraphrased in some alarming way. It's hard to say which is more painful for the author. Less serious, but quite irritating is to hear the word 'Well' inserted at the beginning of speeches."

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Source : Source: www.theguardian.com

Alistair Beaton

#Mean Quotes #Silence Quotes #Serious Quotes

“Why no aggressive action?" Foaly squirmed in a harness built for two-legged creatures. "Oh yes, why no aggressive action? How I long for aggressive action." "I live for aggressive action!" thundered Orion squeakily which was unusual. "Oh, how I pray that dragon will turn 'round that I may smite it." "Smite it with what?" wandered Foaly "Your secret birthmark?" "Don't you mock my birthmark, which I may or may not have.”
“I wish I knew as much about anything today as I knew about everything when I was twenty.”
“When someone offers me a job or a project, I always ask myself, "What does it tell me about the world?" and "Have I seen it before?" Two good questions.”
“Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be grateful the thorn bush has roses. Perspective.”
“Many of the things which can never be, often are.”
“they walked with a pedatory grace.... one of them ripped off their hood and said, "my name is Tally Youngblood and is a special circumstance"....”
“He looked a shade too healthy and nobody likes that. Particularly in New York.”
“Any game you play, you got to lose sometime.”

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