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Playing Sgt, Trotter in 'The Mousetrap' is the same as playing Scripps in 'The History Boys,' in the sense that they're dream roles that I've… — Thomas Howes
It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing. — E. Nesbit
It is not astonishing that there are many journalists who have become human failures and worthless men. Rather, it is astonishing that, despite all this,… — Max Weber
Open your eyes, mind and heart to the astonishing miracles of life, to the beauty surrounding you, to the uniqueness of your being, to the… — Robert Muller
My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old… — Georg Brandes
The mind is a strange machine which can combine the materials offered to it in the most astonishing ways. — Bertrand Russell
Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are… — Benjamin Haydon
Proust is a hero of mine. I read 'A la recherche' in one go, and I'm a very slow reader. It had an astonishing impact,… — Edward St Aubyn
I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to make… — Dorothy Allison
It is astonishing how much the word infinitely is misused: everything is infinitely more beautiful, infinitely better, etc. The concept must have something pleasing about… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The Shakespeare that Shakespeare became is the name that's attached to these astonishing objects that he left behind. — Stephen Greenblatt
Many years ago, I think I got my first insight on how an incredibly diverse team can work together and do astonishing things, and not… — John P. Kotter
I think Yelena Akhtiorskaya is a genius. What she manages to do, linguistically and emotionally, in the span of a single sentence, is astonishing. — Keith Gessen
In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film… — Irvin Kershner
Nobody knows anything. I deal with people in all walks of life, some of whom should have some idea of what they're doing. And they're… — Peter York
I abandoned the extraterrestria l hypothesis in 1967 when my own field investigations disclosed an astonishing overlap between psychic phenomena and UFOs ... The objects… — John A. Keel
What's so astonishing about not understanding? There are so many things in art, beginning with art itself, that one doesn't understand. A painter doesn't see… — Henri Matisse
The life that intends to be wholly obedient, wholly submissive, wholly listening, is astonishing in its completeness. Its joys are ravishing, its peace profound, its… — Thomas Raymond Kelly
If you look at the size of the art world in terms of the money that is being transacted compared to other parts of the… — Hans Haacke
Can a one judge sitting somewhere in a trial court issue an order that says nobody in the world is allowed to have, to use,… — Eben Moglen
When a man is a favorite of Fortune she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds him ready. — Napoleon Bonaparte
For many people, Mrs. Brown has come from the middle of nowhere. But Mrs. Brown was first written for radio. I wrote it for a… — Brendan O'Carroll
I'm not interested in attacking, I'm interested in astonishing. — Terry Southern
In this astonishing novel Amirrezvani reminds us what all human hearts suffer and dare. Equal of the Sun is an irresistible novel. — Jonis Agee
It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. — Margaret Fuller

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