"I detest literature. I abominate the theatre. I have a horror of culture. I am only interested in magic!"

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Source : Kenneth Tynan, John Lahr (2002). “The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan”, p.21, A&C Black

John Lahr

#Magic Quotes #Theatre Quotes #Culture Quotes

“People think about autism as something with kids. Well, those kids grow up.”
“[W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes.”
“I don't get on stage and give a social diatribe. I am a performer and an entertainer.”
“Foucault was the one person I met in France that I could talk to. He was a mensch. You know whether you agree with him or not because you know what he is saying.”
“Art exists because life is not enough.”
“When I get hurt in the market, I get the hell out. It doesn't matter at all where the market is trading. I just get out, because I believe that once you're hurt in the market, your decisions are going to be far less objective than they are when you're doing well If you stick around when the market is severely against you, sooner or later they are going to carry you out.”
“I assumed that some of the gold bars I received were melted gold teeth.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.
“One cannot think that blind bravery gives victory over the enemy.”

Source : "The Book of Military Quotations" by Peter G. Tsouras, (p. 55), 1998.

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