"Ability is nothing without opportunity."

-- Napoleon Bonaparte

#War Quotes #Writing Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“Television [is] a high-impact medium. It does some things no other force can do-transmitting electronic pictures through the air. Still, as an explored, comprehensive medium, it is not a substitute for print.”
“When thereâ€™s an elephant in the room introduce him.”
“Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive”
“With the sense of sight, the idea communicates the emotion, whereas, with sound, the emotion communicates the idea, which is more direct and therefore more powerful.”
“Other kids are brought up nice and sent to Harvard and Yale. Me? I was brought up like a mushroom.”
“Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.”
“The theatre has always been to me a place where beautiful lies are told, and playwrighting the orchestration of platitudes around a central flaw in logic or a ridiculous idea. Acting — the disguise and impersonation — is an art of deception.”

Source : "Ridiculous theatre: scourge of human folly: the essays and opinions of Charles Ludlam".
“I don't know how to do the other, so I won't even consider television until the audience's taste changes.”

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