"[...]if you talk any more flummery to me, Frederica, I shall give you one of myâ€”erâ€”icy set-downs!â€(Alverstoke)"

-- Georgette Heyer

#Giving Quotes #Icy Quotes

“A few years hence and he will be beneath the sod; but those cliffs will stand, as now, facing the ocean, incessantly lashed by its waves, yet unshaken, immovable; and other eyes will gaze on them for their brief day of life, and then they, too, will close.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 384), 1895.
“Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to lighting technicians.”
“For me, there's no difference between what's temporary and what's definitive. I built the church in Kobe, which was supposed to be temporary, and people liked it so much that there's a version of it still there today - unlike some concrete buildings that were just built for money and that can be destroyed from one day to the next. Concrete can be very fragile during earthquakes.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I'm kind of a failure. I mean, I'll be honest. I'm successful in that I'm getting to work on great stuff, but I think I'm a failure in all the personal stuff that is most important to me.”
“I really do consider myself quite fledgling in my acting career. I've only been doing it for 10 years and that's a short amount of time, really.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The alienation of man thus appeared as the fundamental evil of capitalist society.”
“I've grown up watching and admiring Norm. Sherie actually starred in the first off-Broadway show I ever saw in New York, which was The Last Five Years. It's amazing how things come full-circle and how the community (once you hang around it long enough) grows smaller and smaller as it grows. Sharing the stage with these people is more than a dream come true it's so special. They're so warm and giving and offer the best advice. Sherie is very nice and maternal and nurturing.”
“My weakness is sweets. I like bread pudding and cheesecake in particular.”

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