Simon Gray quotes
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“I'm fanatical about sport: there seems to me something almost religious about the fact that human beings can organise play, the spirit of play.”
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“Philosophers have a long tradition of marrying stupid women, from Socrates on. They think it clever.”
-- Simon GraySource : Simon Gray (1986). “Plays, one”, Drama
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“In my experience, the worst thing you can do to an important problem is to discuss it.”
-- Simon GraySource : Simon Gray (2013). “Simon Gray: Plays 2: Otherwise Engaged; Dog Days; Molly; Plaintiff and Defendants; Two Sundays; Pig in a Poke; Man in a Side Car”, p.60, Faber & Faber
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“Extra-marital sex is as overrated as pre-marital sex. And marital sex, come to think of it.”
-- Simon GraySource : Simon Gray (2013). “Simon Gray: Plays 2: Otherwise Engaged; Dog Days; Molly; Plaintiff and Defendants; Two Sundays; Pig in a Poke; Man in a Side Car”, p.370, Faber & Faber
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“After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.”
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“The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.”
Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.44, Courier Corporation
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Source : Abraham Coles (1866). “The Microcosm: A Poem, Read Before the Medical Society of New Jersey at Its Centenary Anniversary: with the Address Delivered as President, Jan. 24, 1866”, p.22
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Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.142, Delphi Classics
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