I don't think it's about MORE gun control. I grew up in the South with guns everywhere & we never shot anyone. This [shooting] is about people who aren't taught the VALUE of life.


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All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beg...
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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I alw...
SAMUEL BECKETT
Do we mean love, when we say love?
SAMUEL BECKETT
Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on...
SAMUEL BECKETT
You're on earth. There's no cure for that.
SAMUEL BECKETT
If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
SAMUEL BECKETT
What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
SAMUEL BECKETT
It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to r...
SAMUEL BECKETT
I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
SAMUEL BECKETT
In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
SAMUEL BECKETT
If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
SAMUEL BECKETT
I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left co...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I guess I've grown to admire Queen Elizabeth II more. I've always struggled with my feelings...
SAMUEL BARNETT
In New York, I get people coming up to me because 'The History Boys' was such a hit on Broad...
SAMUEL BARNETT
With Millais's paintings, it's microscopic; when he does hair, it's extraordinary: you c...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I hope it's always going to be a mix between theatre, film and radio. I've been very lucky l...
SAMUEL BARNETT
The Pre-Raphaelites, while very bothered by what the establishment thought of them, also utterly reb...
SAMUEL BARNETT
My life, my family and my friends are back in the U.K., so ideally I would love the kind of career t...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if ...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind m...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I...
SAMUEL BARNETT
Acting is a sport - especially working with Mark Rylance. There is competition involved. I have to b...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
SAMUEL BARNETT
I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
SAMUEL BARNETT
Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the lang...
SAMUEL BARNETT
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it&#...
SAMUEL BARNETT
This industry isn't fair. It doesn't owe anybody a career. It's just about luck, determi...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I feel like I've gotten more than a lot of people will ever get. I feel very fortunate.
SAMUEL BARNETT
Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets ...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I've definitely learned that if you want to have power as a woman in Shakespeare's time, and...
SAMUEL BARNETT
Journalists have sometimes looked to my Twitter account and quoted me from there, and that's fin...
SAMUEL BARNETT
I like all sorts of art, that's why I love wandering around The National Gallery.
SAMUEL BARNETT
I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to d...
SAMUEL BARBER
I've had little success in intellectual circles. I'm not talked about in the 'New York R...
SAMUEL BARBER