"Homelessness is the actor's fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to."

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Source : Edwin Booth, Edwina Booth Grossman (1894). “Edwin Booth: Recollections by His Daughter, Edwina Booth Grossmann, and Letters to Her and to His Friends”, New York : Century Company

Edwin Booth

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“One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion.”
“I think being on a show like Game of Thrones for six years, I've gone through that whole hype thing, and I know that it doesn't do you any good creatively. You've just got to stay focused on the character and the script and your work. As humble and as grateful as I am for so many people watching it, and that there's so much love and attention, it's best for my own sanity and creativeness to try and keep that at bay.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I dreamed of being able to share my thoughts and feelings and hopes without thinking they were going to make fun of me and think I was silly, and I have that.”
“If you have fairy blood, even in the tiniest degree, you must live close to Fairy Land, and eat a little fairy food, or else you will always be hungry.”
“But I still serve pretty big and that's one of my biggest weapons, so if my shoulder holds up and I can count on it, I can win a few matches and then you never know how the other guys are going to react to the fatigue and the length of the matches.”
“I am resolved, to go and plant myself in Holland or in Zeeland, and there await the issue which it shall please Him to ordain.”

Source : "William the Silent". Book by Frederic Harrison, p. 64, 1897.
“I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Present fear is never as bad as later regret.”

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