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I knew as well as anybody what the endowment does for artists because I had been someone it had supported through not-for-profit theater.


Jane Alexander

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BROWNIE MCGHEE I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it,...
PETER COOK I had applied and I had friends that had applied as well. But, when the list came out, we were not o...
ADRIAN WILSON She had me in stitches most of the time, while commiserating over the 'joys' of operating a theater....
JULANE SULLIVAN I had watched Magic my whole career, even before my career, and so I knew the style of player that h...
SCOTTIE PIPPEN Alas, how terrible is wisdom
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This I knew ...
SOPHOCLES I felt as though I was partly unlearning what i had never learned and yet knew so well: I mean, how ...
ALBERT CAMUS Oh it was horrible because ... someone could have been shot ... I didn't know what had happened.
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CHARLES DICKENS If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater.
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JAMES R. COOK I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possi...
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DON HANSEN I could see someone tearing this down and subdividing it for house lots, ... It would be a shame bec...
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ERIN LIPPIE I supported that resolution because I wanted to bring the administration forward to answer some ques...
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JOHN MARA A chart that weighs some ad-supported streams the same as a pay stream... encourages artists to prom...
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DIANE MILLER What a thrill it is to have my writing recognized by an institution as admirable and vital as the Na...
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ALICE HOFFMAN As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
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JANE AUSTEN One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, noth...
JANE AUSTEN Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.
JANE AUSTEN Those who do not complain are never pitied.
JANE AUSTEN Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
JANE AUSTEN In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
JANE AUSTEN I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
JANE AUSTEN Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor o...
JANE AUSTEN What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.
JANE AUSTEN With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.
JANE AUSTEN There are certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are of pretty woman t...
JANE AUSTEN It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be...
JANE AUSTEN And I, Mr. Knightley, am equally stout in my confidence of its not doing them any harm. With all dea...
JANE AUSTEN America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is...
JANE ADDAMS The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
JANE ADDAMS Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion,...
JANE AUSTEN Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish prepara...
JANE AUSTEN Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
JANE AUSTEN Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.
JANE AUSTEN For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
JANE AUSTEN To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
JANE AUSTEN It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing...
JANE AUSTEN A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as sh...
JANE AUSTEN . . . it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether...
JANE AUSTEN When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.
JANE FONDA Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young perso...
JANE AUSTEN You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have hear...
JANE AUSTEN