"The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary."

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Source : "'Gnomeo and Juliet' director Kelly Asbury" by Michael Ordoña, www.sfgate.com. February 6, 2011.

Kenneth Branagh

#Extraordinary Quotes

“I got sick when I was 19, and I'd been a really healthy 19-year-old, so I don't have a lot to compare it to. Does it feel like the pain after you give birth? I don't know”
“I would like to propose slow cycling. Commute by bike. At a stroke, you remove the need for and absurd cost of public transport. Cycling is almost completely free. There is no longer any need for the gym as you get fit by cycling. And you can go at your own pace.”

Source : "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2006.
“[My father] was always saying I'd end up like my grandfather. Okay. My grandfather was an architect, I'm an architect. It's true, certain characteristics are similar.”
“A poem is an invocation, rebellious return to the blessedness of beginning again, wandering free in pure process of forgetting and finding.”

Source : Susan Howe (2007). “My Emily Dickinson”, p.98, New Directions Publishing
“I quit drinking. That was a big problem for a lot of years. Then after that, I just started feeling grateful again.”
“I came to believe in a power much higher than I”
“More and more students are playing it safe and not taking any risks. You might not succeed, but that's just part of the game.”
“You need dictatorships and poverty to produce great footballers.”

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