The actor who lets the dust accumulate on his Ibsen, his Shakespeare, and his Bible, but pores greedily over every little column of theatrical news, is a lost soul.
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And his good sword rust;
His soul is with the saints, I trust. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Money that is amassed greedily clogs one-by-one each of the pores of the soul, turning beings into r... MARIANA FULGER The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing ... STELLA ADLER There is only one classroom in which to learn: 1. The work of God. 2. The will of God. 3. The trustw... ELISABETH ELLIOT Poor Hayduke: won all his arguments but lost his immortal soul. EDWARD ABBEY The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who h... J.I. PACKER I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact wid... PHILIPPA GREGORY If you come to help us,for the moment,you will not gain any profit. We have no oil. We have nothing ... HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA He who, having lost one ideal, refuses to give his heart and soul to another and nobler, is like a m... CONSTANCE NADEN Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written ... VIRGINIA WOOLF Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is writ... VIRGINIA WOOLF His studie was but litel on the Bible. GEOFFREY CHAUCER Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is
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nature into his pictures. UNKNOWN We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife... JOSEPH ROUX We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife... JOSEPH ROUX Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English languag... ALEX COX Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little ... FRANZ KAFKA From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA On the Catholic priesthood: I refuse to consider anything said to me about saving my soul by any man... ANTHONY BEAL On the Catholic priesthood: I refuse to consider anything said to me about saving my soul by any man... 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