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And then he danced,-all foreigners excel the serious Angels in the eloquence of pantomime;-he danced, I say, right well, with emphasis, and a'so with good… — Lord Byron
I had done a lot of plays, particularly at my own theater in LA, and it was the first time in my theatrical life where… — Gregory Harrison
Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits. — Anna Pavlova
The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater. — Robertson Davies
Can you feel that there is something in you that is at war, something that feels threatened and wants to survive at all cost, that… — Eckhart Tolle
Blue is the insides of something mysterious and lonely. I'd look at fish and birds, thinking the sky and water colored them. The first abyss… — Yusef Komunyakaa
I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way. — Julie Taymor
Having grown up in a racist culture where 2 and 2 are not 5, I have found life to be incredibly theatrical and theater to… — Beah Richards
The Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical embodiment and manifestation of existentialism. It is part reality and part nightmare — Martin Esslin
The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is… — Elizabeth Hardwick
David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style. — Lance Loud
The normal cut in a theatrical film is anywhere from 3 to 6 seconds. That means thousands of images in a film over a couple… — Godfrey Reggio
But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god comes out of a theatrical cloud and leaves the poor… — Anthony Trollope
Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic. — James Broughton
Deductivism in mathematical literature and inductivism in scientific papers are simply the postures we choose to be seen in when the curtain goes up and… — Peter Medawar
Theatre artists are essentially sort of charlatans and thieves, I mean that's the tradition that we come from, so I have absolutely no, I make… — Simon McBurney
My parents were not theatrical at all. — Jane Asher
White guilt is more of a sanctioned social convention than a genuine emotional experience. It’s a form of theatrical empathy that’s socially and financially rewarded.… — Jack Donovan
I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of… — Tom Stoppard
It being a remarkable fact in theatrical history, but one long since established beyond dispute, that it is a hopeless endeavor to attract people to… — Charles Dickens
A real theatrical experience shakes the calm of the senses, liberates the compressed unconscious and drives towards a kind of potential revolt . . . — Antonin Artaud
Young artists wish for inspired moments. And you find them; you take them; eager artists are bandits. Theatrical moments arrive, and...you grab. Good! You know… — Jerzy Grotowski
We don't have a lot of men on stage doing flamboyant or theatrical. We have a lot of female pop stars doing it, but where… — Adam Lambert
Oh, yeah, I like a high neck. And I like naked backs. It seems very sexy. Red carpets are about being a bit theatrical -… — Eva Green

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