"In the whole course of our work at the theatre we have been, I may say, drenched with advice by friendly people who for years gave us the reasons why we did not succeed... All their advice, or at least some of it, might have been good if we had wanted to make money, to make a common place of amusement."

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Source : Lady Gregory (1970). “The Collected Plays: The tragedies and tragic-comedies”, Colin Smythe

Lady Gregory

#Years Quotes #People Quotes #Advice Quotes

“I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way.”
“I was one of those little girls who practiced signing autographs since I was 5 years old.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.”
“Eventually stardom is going to go away from me. It goes away from everybody and all you have in the end is to be able to look back and like the choices you made.”
“The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government.”
“Economic progress, in capitalist society, means turmoil.”

Source : Joseph A. Schumpeter (2003). “Ten Great Economists”, p.77, Routledge
“When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'”
“Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.”

Source : US News & World Report, February 23, 1987.

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