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In my view, the plangent artificiality of a lot of creative work results from the fact that the people who write novels, direct films and… — Will Self
Our policy is not to discourage the private sector, but to see that Air India plays the role of flagship in the industry. In the… — Vayalar Ravi
I've seen plays that are, objectively, total messes that move me in ways that their tidier brethren do not. That's the romantic mystery of great… — Ben Brantley
I try to interpret how people subjectively experience life. Everyone has a great, horrible opera inside him. I feel that my plays, in a way,… — Sarah Ruhl
Beauty is a fairy; sometimes she hides herself in a flower-cup, or under a leaf, or creeps into the old ivy, and plays hide-and-seek with… — George Augustus Henry Sala
I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them. — Marian Seldes
Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used… — Ja Rule
I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children… — Enid Blyton
I suppose, the natural outgrowth about writing about two friends, it becomes about their friendship, and the complexities of it, and the way personality plays… — Alison McGhee
I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays. — Zoe Kazan
I did some school plays in elementary school, but that was it. — Jason Mewes
One of the things I find very little of in America - and certainly not on Broadway - are plays with political attitudes. — Michael Lindsay-Hogg
The Internet plays an ever more significant role in the sedulous promotion of terrorism. We know that in the U.K., groups gather to view the… — Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime. — Lynn Samuels
The great fun of doing new plays is that people have no idea what's going to happen next. That goes quite soon, as people start… — Stephen Daldry
My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin. — Page McConnell
place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his… — Confucius
Accursed be he who plays with the devil. — Friedrich Schiller
The nightingale has a lyre of gold, The lark's is a clarion call, And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute, But I love him… — William Ernest Henley
Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man, Dressed… — William Shakespeare

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