"Most of the people dishing out judgment have no working experience of the theatre, have not written a professional play, a sketch, or even a joke; have never worked in a theatre, taken an acting class, or published any extended piece of work. They are creative virgins; everything they know about theatre is book-learned and second-hand."

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Source : "Questions for John Lahr" by John Lahr, www.newyorker.com. January 23, 2009.

John Lahr

#Book Quotes #Taken Quotes #Hands Quotes

“[T]he heart is like any other organ, you can weigh it on a scale.”
“The muses crown virtue when fortune refuses to do it.”
“The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.”
“They call me deranged. The hope is that they are right! It is of no greater or lesser import for yet another fool to wander this Earth. But if I am right and science is wrong, then may the Lord God have mercy on mankind!”

Source : Viktor Schauberger, Callum Coats (1999). “The Water Wizard – The Extraordinary Properties of Natural Water: Volume 1 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger’s Eco-Technology Series”, p.19, Gill & Macmillan Ltd
“But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public”
“Evil, be thou my good.”
“Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law.”
“Stop looking for your purpose. BE it!”

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