"Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing through a transition, or a turning point, or a transformation; nobody is quite sure which."

-- Ferdinand Mount

#Transition Quotes #Transformation Quotes #Passing Quotes

“I always say, or have said in the past, that ninety-nine and forty-four-hundredths of the audience does not pay any attention to the lighting, but one hundred percent is affected by it.”

Source : "Theatrenow! Interview With Jennifer Tipton, Lighting Designer". "Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow! " with Anne Hamilton, theatrenow.wordpress.com. December 17, 2011.
“I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit”
“There's this American pretense, which is the pretense of the journalist with the view from nowhere - which has somehow morphed into the journalist who was born this morning. So, he doesn't know that Donald Trump lied yesterday, and the day before. So, he concludes that he doesn't know whether Trump lied accidentally or on purpose. You can only pretend not to know that if you don't know that he lied yesterday, and the day before. So, to my mind when NPR says they don't know if he's intentionally lying, they're lying. We have to be smarter about it.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“You can't wield a handbag from an empty chair.”

Source : "Making the case for a generation". www.theguardian.com. October 14, 1999.
“Fear overrides all rational thinking”
“Successful gardening is not necessarily a question of wealth, it is a question of love, taste, and knowledge.”
“I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation.”
“I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.”

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