"All those [events in history] were such dramas as we see now, only with different actors."

-- Marcus Aurelius

#Drama Quotes #Events Quotes #Different Quotes

“Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring--this is one of the harshest human miseries.”
“My best vacation is your worst nightmare.”
“Competition is the death of art.”
“Since the same human mire remains beneath, does not all civilization reduce itself to the superiority of smelling nice and living well?”
“There's no need to dress like everyone else. It's much more fun to create your own look.”
“I deliberately look for colorful people. They're very right for theatre. Theatre has to be theatrical. If you can get color into the accountant, you've got something. Write the whole thing first and then say he's an accountant. That's a very wacky accountant, but so what? Theatricality feeds and challenges the actor, the director, and the designers.”
“For every sin there is forgiveness, and especially for the sins of youth.”
“Grief lasts longer than sympathy, which is one of the tragedies of the grieving.”

Source : Elizabeth McCracken (2008). “An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir”, p.38, Hachette UK

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