Sybil Thorndike quotes
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“I think we all have the germ of every other person inside of us.”
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“I want Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D played at my funeral. If it isn't I shall jolly well want to know why.”
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“[When asked if she had ever considered divorcing Sir Lewis Casson:] Divorce? Never. But murder often!”
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“We don't want bores in the theatre. We don't want standardised acting, standard actors with standard-shaped legs. Acting needs everybody, cripples, dwarfs and people with noses so long. Give us something that is different.”
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“I was brought up in a clergyman's household so I am a first-class liar.”
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“It's only people who are hysterical who can play hysterical parts.”
-- Sybil Thorndike
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“You will not be the same person coming out of a relationship as you were going into it.”
Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.73, Penguin
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“When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.”
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“Every person has a revolution beating within his or her chest”
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“Thousands upon thousands of persons have studied disease. Almost no one has studied health.”
Source : Adelle Davis (1970). “Let's Eat Right To Keep FIt”
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