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title: "8 Beautiful Play Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Beautiful Play quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Beautiful Play sayings and thoughts."
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> [“It's beautiful when you play it. Something seems to happen to it when I try.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-c-stephens/it-s-beautiful-when-you-play-it-something-seems-to-happen-to-it-when/)

[S.C. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-c-stephens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/s-c-stephens-1131_beautiful_it-s-beautiful-when-you-play-it-somethin_553834.jpg)

> [I want just to show people good things - football is beautiful when you play games like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-luiz/i-want-just-to-show-people-good-things-football-is-beautiful-when-you/)

[David Luiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-luiz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/david-luiz-4090_beautiful_i-want-just-to-show-people-good-things-f_652804.jpg)

> [And, as my father used to tell me growing up, "Play it beautiful, play it beautiful." He said, "I don't care if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-parkening/and-as-my-father-used-to-tell-me-growing-up-play-it-beautiful-play-it/)

[Christopher Parkening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-parkening/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/christopher-parkening-103654_beautiful_and-as-my-father-used-to-tell-me-growing_1349228.png)

> [“ The House Beautiful is, for me, the play lousy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/the-house-beautiful-is-for-me-the-play-lousy/)

[Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b7/dorothy-parker-700_quote_the-house-beautiful-is-for-me-the-play-l_1387025.jpg)

> [I try to put on a show while being effective because the spectators come to be entertained by beautiful play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimitri-payet/i-try-to-put-on-a-show-while-being-effective-because-the-spectators/)

[Dimitri Payet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimitri-payet/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/dimitri-payet-17821_beautiful_i-try-to-put-on-a-show-while-being-effec_1402619.jpg)

> [I thought 'The Humans' was a beautiful play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-grey/i-thought-the-humans-was-a-beautiful-play/)

[Joel Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-grey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/joel-grey-7578_beautiful_i-thought-the-humans-was-a-beautiful-pla_2390733.jpg)

> [The House Beautiful is the play lousy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/the-house-beautiful-is-the-play-lousy/)

[Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/dorothy-parker-700_actor_the-house-beautiful-is-the-play-lousy-27_2700631.jpg)

> [“CURTAIN CALL The world is our stage and the final act can highlight or ruin a beautiful play”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamil-ali/curtain-call-the-world-is-our-stage-and-the-final-act-can-highlight/)

[Kamil Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamil-ali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/kamil-ali-8460_act_curtain-call-the-world-is-our-stage-and_3085131.jpg)

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