Norman Corwin quotes
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“The playwright's rendition of Abraham Lincoln remembers a pitiful little paddlewheel he saw that he could only generate steam to EITHER blow the ship's whistle OR move the wheel. Just as the little ship could not do both, Lincoln fears that very few can actually think and speak at the same time.”
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“There's no set designer like your own self; you furnish the mise-en-scène, the wardrobe, the physical proportions of the actor, and the setting. Then radio is doing something that television very rarely achieves.”
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“Photography is to the layman perhaps the most enticing art. As a buff and a follower, at a respectful distance, I find myself like others, having the heart of a Steiglitz with hands that sometimes seem impeded by boxing gloves. What is exasperating is that one can feel closer to managing the skills of photography than most other arts, and yet be a long hop, skip and delusional way from it.”
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“Yes, aging can be tough and rough... But it is possible to approach the ultimate without staggering and even with a kind of glow, like a radiant sunset.”
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“The ability of Americans to toss off oppressive characters is the most rewarding aspect, to me, of U.S. history.”
-- Norman Corwin
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Source : Cats (1934) p. 20
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“Cats and I have an understanding, but we choose not to interact often.”
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“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”
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Source : Jeramey Kraatz, Adam Rex, Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Tim Green (2012). “Class Acts Kids' Ebook Sampler”, p.55, Harper Collins
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