"The suffering and calamity are, moreover, exceptional. They befall a conspicuous person. They are themselves of some striking kind. They are also, as a rule, unexpected, and contrasted with previous happiness or glory. A tale, for example, of a man slowly worn to death by disease, poverty, little cares, sordid vices, petty persecutions, however piteous or dreadful it might be, would not be tragic in the Shakespearean sense."

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Source : A. C. Bradley (2016). “Shakespearean Tragedy”, p.9, A. C. Bradley

A. C. Bradley

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“It's an opportunity of a lifetime to be teamed up with (Kevin) Harvick, with Tony (Stewart), Danica (Patrick). Us four in the same meetings, it could be hell or could be great. I'm just kidding about the hell part.”
“When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.”
“As long as one has a garden, one has a future. As long as one has a future, one is alive.”
“Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Parents give up their rights when they drop the children off at public school.”
“Harriet never minded admitting she didn't know something. So what, she thought, I could always learn.”

Source : Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.47, Yearling
“I've dodged all sorts of bullets in Hollywood to get my movies made. I'm tough.”

Source : "Lee Daniels Makes It Personal". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 5, 2012.
“To become young again would seem to me an appalling prospect. Youth is a kind of delirium, which can be cured, if it is ever cured at all, by years of painful treatment.”

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