"Although the theater is not life, it is composed of fragments or imitations of life, and people on both sides of the footlight have to unite to make the fragments whole and the imitations genuine."

-- Brooks Atkinson

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“I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way”
“Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.”

Source : Interview With Sean Ingle, www.theguardian.com. December 9, 2010.
“I try so hard not to think that I am a stranger in a strange land. But I know that I stand out.”

Source : "Women Reporters Face Added Risks In Conflict Zones". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 22, 2011.
“I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.”
“I'd kiss a frog even if there was no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frogs.”
“When a legislature decides to steal some of our rights and plans to use police force to accomplish it, what's the real difference between them and the thief? Darn little! They hide behind the excuse that they're legislating democratically. The fact they do it by a majority vote has no moral significance whatsoever. Numerical might does not constitute right, no more than a lynch mob can justify its act because a majority participated.”
“I really, really like 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of the few things that makes me laugh.”
“Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.”

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