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title: "5 Opening Play Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmar-mednis/one-of-the-objectives-of-opening-play-is-to-try-to-surprise-your/)

[Edmar Mednis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmar-mednis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/edmar-mednis-35660_goals_one-of-the-objectives-of-opening-play-is_54927.png)

> [If you are opening a play, a play that's really about something, a play that's really about ideas, you have to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-leo-butz/if-you-are-opening-a-play-a-play-that-s-really-about-something-a-play/)

[Norbert Leo Butz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-leo-butz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/norbert-leo-butz-22239_find_if-you-are-opening-a-play-a-play-that-s_1570990.jpg)

> [Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nighy/opening-a-play-is-just-tough-the-idea-that-actors-are-weirdly/)

[Bill Nighy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nighy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/bill-nighy-4521_actors_opening-a-play-is-just-tough-the-idea-th_1692307.jpg)

> [My priority doesn't lie with the whole website and Facebook and such; I'm still walking down the road in a pair of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-forbert/my-priority-doesn-t-lie-with-the-whole-website-and-facebook-and-such/)

[Steve Forbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-forbert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/steve-forbert-19315_always_my-priority-doesn-t-lie-with-the-whole-w_1919635.jpg)

> [I have actor's dreams where I am opening a play and know neither the lines nor the story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-have-actor-s-dreams-where-i-am-opening-a-play-and-know-neither-the/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/maureen-lipman-4256_actor_i-have-actor-s-dreams-where-i-am-opening_2363337.png)

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