"It is Ireland's sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theater from inarticulate glumness."

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Source : Kenneth Tynan (1964). “Tynan on theatre”

Kenneth Tynan

#Years Quotes #Sacred Quotes #Theater Quotes

“100,000,000 Guinea Pigs sparked a rising wave of consumer indignation. But...it takes a major catastrophe to carry legal and enforcement action over the hump of lethargy and inaction....Today, nearly forty years later, the situation is worse, not better.”
“No cricketer is so dependent on the turf on which the game is played as the spinner; it can make, break, enfang or defang him.”

Source : Gideon Haigh (2012). “On Warne”, p.35, Simon and Schuster
“Obstacles don't have to stop you.”
“Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.”
“You make the world come alive. You make the world colorful. You are the inspiration behind all that happens. You are the pillar of strength to many around you, the centrifugal force of your own little world, called family. I love being a women and celebrate being one everyday, hope you all do too!! And to all those who battle their various circumstances, the hurdles, the sacrifices and the compromises they make, wish them all inner strength! Happy Women's Day!”
“[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.”

Source : Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult
“You donâ€™t get to pick where youâ€™re from, but you always have control of where youâ€™re going.”
“Losers never know why they are losing. They will mention injuries, the officiating, the weather and bad breaks.”

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