"I'm not sayin' she's a bragger, but if you've been to Paradise, she's got a season ticket."

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Source : Willy Russell (2016). “Willy Russell Plays: 2: Blood Brothers; Our Day Out - The Musical; Shirley Valentine; John, Paul, George, Ringo . . . and Bert”, p.248, Bloomsbury Publishing

Willy Russell

#Paradise Quotes #Tickets Quotes

“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.”
“A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.”
“St. Peter, on my judgment day, will not ask me about the B-2 or my defense votes. He will ask me about my vote to protect innocent human life.”
“Consciousness is not about information but about its opposite: order.”
“I left to go off and do other things. In terms of the group, I'm definitely the boss. I wouldn't say they were scared of me, but they listen to what I have to say.”
“If I can quote myself, I explained whatever it is I'm doing once for No Tell Motel, and I still think it's the clearest I've ever been about this: "I don't write free verse poems - mostly because I can't. But I am interested in the musical effects achievable with free verse."”
“I have known lots of millionaires who were not happy men; they had not got all they wanted and therefore had failed to find success in life. A Singalese proverb says: "He who is happy is rich, but it does not follow that he who is rich is happy." The really rich man is the man who has fewest wants.”
“Writing a funny story is one thing. But writing a funny story that inspires others to venture beyond their level of comfort in pursuit of their greater good is what makes me come alive.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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