Terence Rattigan quotes
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“A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute.”
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“I will not insult you by trying to tell you that one day you will forget. I know as well as you that you will not. But, at least, in time you will not remember as fiercely as you do now - and I pray that that time may be soon.”
-- Terence RattiganSource : Terence Rattigan (1977). “The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan: The sleeping prince. Separate tables. Variation on a theme. Ross. Heart to heart”
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“It has been said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but many it not be truer to say that to be absolutely powerful a man must first corrupt himself?”
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“To face life without hope can mean to live without despair.”
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“The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.”
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Source : Source: www.justjared.com
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“Life happened because I turned the pages.”
Source : Alberto Manguel (2014). “A History of Reading”, p.200, Penguin
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