"There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play more intimately, more personally offensive than any other art form."

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Source : Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1999). “A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female Athlete”, p.41, Hachette UK

Anatole Broyard

#Art Quotes #Real Quotes #Play Quotes

“In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.”
“A teenage girl lay asleep on the sofa, curled up under a red-and-black knitted afghan. She was on her side, with one slender arm cradling a throw cushion nestled under her head. Long wavy blond hair spread across her back and her shoulders like a cape. Even though she was sleeping, Alex could see how pretty she was, with her delicate, almost elfin features. He stood in the doorway, watching the soft rise and fall of her chest.”
“I didn't grow up around wild horses, no. But I've appreciated their beauty and their power ever since I can remember.”
“the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do.”

Source : Jane Welsh Carlyle (1977). “I Too Am Here: Selections from the Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle”, p.277, Cambridge University Press
“There is nothing in Islam that is more violent than Christianity.”
“What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.”
“I could have gone professional, but I'm not giving up on my dream.”

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