Kelly Masterson Quotes

Stage is so important because it teaches me how to convey character with words - how to convey how a character reacts by the way they appear on stage. I can usually tell a playwright from someone who has never written for the stage. Did the character work? Did the dialogue reveal who the character is?

Kelly Masterson

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The loss of a child is my greatest nightmare.

Angelina Jolie

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I am not somebody who meets a man or a woman somewhere and feels like that is an incredible character that I must write into a play.

Tom Stoppard

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The emergence of the Atomic Age brought the previously inchoate and 'free-floating' anxiety of many people into sharp focus.

Rollo May

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There is a film called 'A Separation.' If you see it playing, go see it. It's beautiful. It's so well written and the acting is amazing. It's one of those films that you would love to be a part of.

Demian Bichir

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The depth of concern people feel about UKIP is not always matched by depth of understanding.

Douglas Alexander

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I loathe the trivialization of poetry that happens in creative writing classes. Teachers set exercises to stimulate subject matter: Write a poem about an imaginary landscape with real people in it. Write about a place your parents lived in before you were born. We have enough terrible poetry around without encouraging more of it.

Donald Hall

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It's good to have plans and dreams, but don't be surprised if God brings you somewhere else.

Anne F. Beiler

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An unmarried man, in my opinion, enjoys only half a life.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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If a third of Americans' time is being spent online, why is only a quarter of ad dollars spent there? It's not proportional.

Susan Wojcicki

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I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.

Lupita Nyong'o

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When I listen to 'Nevermind,' I hate the production, but there's something about it that almost makes me cry at times.

Kurt Cobain

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Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other.

Keith Thibodeaux

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