Barbara Sher
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BARTLETT SHER When you make new musicals, you have the great freedom and the great burden that it can be changed. BARTLETT SHER We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to... BARTLETT SHER I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active. EDEN SHER I went to a Katy Perry concert, and I experienced pure bliss for the first time in my life. EDEN SHER I love oral hygiene. EDEN SHER Someone was asking me what my favorite outfit is, and 100%, without a doubt in my mind, is my foreve... EDEN SHER I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditiona... EDEN SHER I went to public school my whole life. It was a performing arts school, so I can't say if it was... EDEN SHER I don't realize how rare it is to genuinely have sincere love for everyone you work with. Especi... EDEN SHER I never want to sound preachy about youth and feminism, but I feel like there aren't enough youn... EDEN SHER The hair department is always on my case about washing my hair. I am incredibly lazy, and a brat abo... EDEN SHER On Christmas, my family and I see a movie and go out for Chinese food. We don't celebrate Christ... EDEN SHER I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in a... EDEN SHER I live in a constant state of hyperbole. EDEN SHER I remember the general anxiety of teenager, and I remember establishing some sort of appearance base... EDEN SHER I am the middle child with an older and younger brother. EDEN SHER I have some sarcastic sides of me. EDEN SHER I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it... EDEN SHER I have a Woody Allen Jewish attitude to life: that it's all going to be disastrous. That it hasn... ANTONY SHER With both plays, you have people standing around doing nothing while other people are doing terrible... BARTLETT SHER Americans like to believe we can overcome all obstacles and always triumph in the end, but that's no... BARTLETT SHER I thought it would be kind of fun to open our next season on a very strong, classical note, BARTLETT SHER For a town this size, the level of the arts it supports is extraordinary. BARTLETT SHER [Nominated for a 2005 Tony Award for his luminous staging of] The Light in the Piazza, ... Awake and... BARTLETT SHER The play is funny. And people love baseball. But there's a moral lesson. 'Rounding Third' is particu... BARTLETT SHER You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of... ANTONY SHER Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakes... ANTONY SHER Life is just more comfortable if you're honest and open about everything. I spent so many years bein... ANTONY SHER I have no cynicism at all. ANTONY SHER As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have... ANTONY SHER You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commande... ANTONY SHER I mostly like to travel and volunteer because I get antsy if I stay in my comfort zone for too long. EDEN SHER I never regret things. It's a really dangerous thing to say, but for anyone involved in the arts... ANTONY SHER Sometimes the vocal minority is heard over the silent majority. CRAIG SHER It doesn't matter if you have a D, or an I or an R after your name if you have a job - a J-O-B. ... SHER VALENZUELA I can feel the power of the words doing the work. Must trust language more. ANTONY SHER The effort of learning. It's the same when you approach any new skill or technique, from a da... ANTONY SHER If you're sitting in a corporate boardroom in one of the other 50 states deciding where to put 100 s... CRAIG SHER They're fine people. I understand what they're going through. This is the world of democracy. CRAIG SHER I think everybody gets what they wanted. Nobody ever really objected to residential. CRAIG SHER We are grateful to have been able to contribute to the development of Tampa's historic Latin Quarter... CRAIG SHER It was a matter of whether we should spend more money on a project that never really provided any re... CRAIG SHER We stand committed to pursue the peace process, but not under the threat of terrorist attacks. We we... GILEAD SHER Whatever comes out of direct negotiations between the parties as a result of negotiations and debate... GILEAD SHER The last leg in the negotiations is always the most difficult. It requires courage. It requires a lo... GILEAD SHER I would say that definitely yes, it's possible to finish the conflict and reach a reasonable agreeme... GILEAD SHER It's not unusual for the bikers not only to take on their rivals, but to eat their own. 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All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... 
To be, or not to be, that is the question. 
To be or not to be. That's not really a question. 
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. 
What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? 
I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will ... 
Have you really read all those books in your room?”
To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. 
People always, always talk about confidence, it’s supposed to be such an attractive thing. I wonde... 
I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... 
How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself and in no instance bypass the... 
Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... 
You’ve no idea the restraint I’ve created. A word, which in a past life, never held special mean... 
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I’ve read science fiction and fantasy all my life – though when you’re a child, they just call... 
What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic,... 
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December 27, 11:00 p.m.
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Dear Camryn,
if it doesn't come bursting out of you
I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. 
Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. 
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Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. 
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I have a pig valve. 
One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time. 
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Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general. 
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