"All reined up in old language and old……" — Peter Shaffer
"All reined up in old language and old assumptions, straining to jump clean-hoofed on to a whole new track of being I only suspect is there. I can't see it, because my educated, average head is being held at the wrong angle. I can't jump because the bit forbids it, and my own basic force - my horsepower, if you like - is too little."
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Peter Shaffer
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45 Quotes by Peter Shaffer
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Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art.
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The Devil isn’t made by what Mommy says, or what Daddy says. The Devil is there.
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What use, after all, is man, if not to teach God His lessons?
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A child is born into a world of phenomena all equal in their power to enslave.
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And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you are, and I think children…
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I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did.
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