"All action in theatre must have inner justification, be logical, coherent, and real."

-- Constantin Stanislavski

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“Even the worst neighborhood of Heaven will be better than the best neighborhood of the fanciest town on Earth!”
“Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!”

Source : Joaquin Miller (1871). “Songs of the Sierras”, p.107
“Sweeping from butcher's stalls, dung, guts, and blood, Drown'd puppies, stinking sprats, all drench'd in mud, Dead cats, and turnip-tops, come tumbling down the flood.”
“[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise.”
“A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on.”
“You know that thing when you're not asleep but you're not awake, and you can't move your body? I had that kind of nightmare, and I felt like all my teeth were crumbling in my mouth. Now I have this fear of all my teeth being knocked out of my mouth somehow!”
“I do not know what happened with your parents or why they did what they did. But in all the world, I could have wished for no daughter but you.”

Source : John Stephens (2011). “The Emerald Atlas”, p.379, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“It was much pleasanter at home," thought poor Alice, "when one wasn't always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn't gone down the rabbit-hole--and yet--and yet--...”

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