"A tragedy's first act is crowded with supporting players: witnesses crimping their faces, policemen scribbling in pads and making radio calls, EMS guys unfolding equipment, tubes and wheels."

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Source : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.9, Random House

Darin Strauss

#Player Quotes #Guy Quotes #Tragedy Quotes

“The challenge is to translate the song into something that works on the stage. It's pop music, but I try to keep it as loose as possible.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus.”
“Wash your face before bed every night. Your skin will thank you - and your pillow too!”
“I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.”
“Ask yourself: Where do I want to go? Recognize where you are now, then figure out the steps to get there.”
“If you give the audience what they expect, they'll be bored. There are no rules: You do what you want while respecting the boundaries. You don't poke people in the eye; you do things they haven't seen before and make it accessible, funny and clever.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the I, under another form, continues the task of existence.”
“I have gotten some of the most beautiful experiences that a person can possibly ask for so I'm not at all complaining.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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