Peter Shaffer Quotes

I'd be willing to bet that any incursion throughout history in which the invading country has proclaimed it is bringing benefits to the conquered is based on a lie.

Peter Shaffer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 15, 1926 - June 6, 2016

Topics

HistoryLieCountryBenefitsWilling

An actor tries to be versatile, to immerse himself in a different culture.

Jimmy Smits

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I like men who confidently flirt with women they have just met.

Meghan McCain

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The first city I ever came to in the states was Des Moines. I was 12 and was in a boys' choir.

St. Lucia

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I always dreamed of playing a show with Bono and Edge and the guys in Green Day.

Trombone Shorty

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When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.

Shoeless Joe Jackson

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Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.

Robert De Niro

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Competitive bodybuilding is a niche sport, but bodybuilding is for everybody.

Ronnie Coleman

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I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

Michael Sheen

HeartExperienceThinkParentYou

I'm an artist and a journalist. I travel around the world very often for 'Vice Magazine,' and I draw and I write about prisons, about conflict zones.

Molly Crabapple

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A very difficult year is ahead of us. We must continue our efforts with decisiveness, to stay in the euro, to make sure we do not waste the sacrifices and do not turn the crisis into an uncontrolled and disastrous bankruptcy.

Lucas Papademos

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I'm oddly not competitive. What I love about show business is there is a home for everyone.

Jay Mohr

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Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get any postman to do.

Doug Harvey

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