John Lahr Quotes

In Britain, the theatre has traditionally been where the public goes to think about its past and debate its future. The formation of the National Theatre, at the Old Vic, near the South Bank, in 1963, institutionalized the symbolic importance of drama by giving it both a building and state funding.

John Lahr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 12, 1941

Topics

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I had written two or three books before my husband noticed that in every one of them a family member was missing. He suggested that it was because my father's death, when I was five, utterly changed my world. I can only suppose he is right and that this is the reason I am drawn to a narrative where someone's life is changed by loss.

Jenny Nimmo

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I think that people are most comfortable when the world is orderly. I think there's the sense that when you begin questioning basic distinctions, such as the distinction between being male and being female, it represents a threat to the social order.

Andrew Solomon

PeopleWorldThinkYouComfortable

When you walk into a room, you assess it instantaneously, habitually, before you're even aware of it. I mean, you make sure there's not a hole you're going to fall into, but mostly you're not even aware of what you're thinking.

Robert Irwin

WalkThinkingYouFallMeanRoom

When Joan D' Arc was asked by her judges why as a Christian she did not love the British, she answered that she did love them, but she loved British in their country. In the same way, we do not hate the Turks, we love them, but in their country.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

LoveHateLovedChristianCountry

Perhaps there's a lot of quality television that's not right for the individual who needs questions answered in each episode, and perhaps reality television may be a better option. With the integrity of HBO and their drive to tell stories, it takes time to arrive at any sort of answers.

Amanda Warren

IntegrityTimeQualityDriveBetter

I think that complicated, nuanced, deep, heavy - that's the place to go. That's what makes a great show. That's what all of us deal with in life.

Tracee Ellis Ross

LifeGreatDeepThinkPlaceGo

I think my pocket presence and my ability to extend plays speak for themselves.

Jared Goff

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To love without criticism is to be betrayed.

Djuna Barnes

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I play football because I love the game and I put everything into it.

Doug Baldwin

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Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

Christian Lacroix

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I played trumpet in middle school, and then I had to get braces, so I had to stop playing trumpet and start playing drums.

Brendon Urie

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My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

Poppy Z. Brite

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