"The primary function of a theatre is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent."

-- Robert Brustein

#Theatre Quotes #Talent Quotes #Function Quotes

“But let me say this about learning experiences: they're weird. Or put it this way: what you learn from a learning experience is generally something else.”

Source : Peg Bracken (1982). “A Window Over the Sink”, Avon Books
“I have nothing to regret, to retract or take back . . . I can only say; God Save Ireland!”
“We believe that - the President believes that the economy will continue to grow, that the economy will continue to create jobs, and that we need to do everything we can to enhance that growth and enhance that job creation.”

Source : "Huge falls on International stock markets". "AM" with Tony Eastley, www.abc.net.au. August 5, 2011.
“Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.”
“Many people don't have relationships to their siblings in adulthood, or they have superficial ones. It's sort of unfashionable, particularly in America, to be close to your family.”
“Johnny Ramone's autobiography is a no holds barred, straight-forward book written in a no-nonsense style that is Johnny personified. His story is written in his own actual words, so the reader gets an insight into what made him the unique, charismatic and exciting individual that he was. It also gives a great view of The Ramones from Johnny's perspective.”
“An apt aphorism half kills, half immortalizes.”
“What we give, we will receive, and what we withhold will be withheld from us.”

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