There is no such sense of solitude as that which we experience upon the silent and vast elevations of great mountains. Lifted high above the level of human sounds and habitations, among the wild expanses and colossal features of Nature, we are thrilled in our loneliness with a strange fear and elation – an ascent above the reach of life's expectations or companionship, and the tremblings of a wild and undefined misgivings.
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DINAH SHERIDAN Because of double hip replacements, I don't play regular golf, but we do lots of putting with deligh... DINAH SHERIDAN They wanted Guy Middleton instead of Kenneth More, and even Kay Kendall wasn't their first choice! DINAH SHERIDAN I think that when enough time has passed, when you've survived that which you didn't imagine you cou... MIA SHERIDAN People who inspire such contradictory emotions must be worthwhile, I reasoned. SARA SHERIDAN I like to describe 'Yellowstone' is 'The Great Gatsby' on the largest ranch in Monta... TAYLOR SHERIDAN You can always walk up, but it's better to call ahead. DEBBIE SHERIDAN It's just really an awesome experience. DEBBIE SHERIDAN Now is the perfect time, when the weather isn't hot. We see hundreds of species of birds. DEBBIE SHERIDAN We had each reacted differently in a moment of terror, and yet we both still hurt. Maybe there was n... MIA SHERIDAN Last year, they came in and they were on top a lot and we were kind of the underdog. This year, I fe... WILL SHERIDAN Mrs Beaumont shrugged. ‘Dougie travelled light in life,’ she said. ‘He knew it was people who ... SARA SHERIDAN What a thrill it was to play opposite Maurice Evans in this brilliant, dazzling musical, based on th... DINAH SHERIDAN I'd like to rescue people in trouble, like Superman. SHERIDAN SMITH In 2011, I was in Hollywood peddling 'Sicario' to constant and resounding 'no's. Tex... TAYLOR SHERIDAN She wishes her grandmother had not been so protective, and that she understood better what passes be... SARA SHERIDAN When I saw 'Legally Blonde' on Broadway, I rang my agent and said 'I want to be seen for... SHERIDAN SMITH Honest communication is a rare thing. TAYLOR SHERIDAN I think 'In The Heat Of The Night' was one of the most influential films on me. Looking back... TAYLOR SHERIDAN The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the black... SARA SHERIDAN I'm always wearing Spanx, eating ice cream and feeling a bit lonely. SHERIDAN SMITH I've always felt that good writing does not have to be literary. SARA SHERIDAN I don't choose between my house phone and my mobile. I don't choose between my laptop and my noteboo... SARA SHERIDAN I believe the era of the militant lady is back. SARA SHERIDAN It seems to me, in this culture, you need to have a subsidy to do theatre, not that I put theatre ab... JAMEY SHERIDAN I was a sickly child, contracting tuberculosis at the age of five. DINAH SHERIDAN Often we don't notice the stringent rules to which our culture subjects us. SARA SHERIDAN For some reason, Hollywood seems to have painted me as a gorgeous vixen at times or the sweet girl. NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN I swore on screen when I got the Olivier for 'Legally Blonde,' I was so surprised. Awards wh... SHERIDAN SMITH I've been very fortunate with my three spec scripts - which is sort of my thematic trilogy of th... TAYLOR SHERIDAN I've always been attracted to stories about rebels - things that are unusual and sometimes dangerous... SARA SHERIDAN There’s nothing like a military man, even out of uniform. SARA SHERIDAN Many existing top 20 Scottish writers have flourished in part because of good turns done by institut... SARA SHERIDAN You can't trust the internet. NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland ... SARA SHERIDAN Over the drop, a luminous pond lay below them like a pale magic lantern. It was as if the moon had p... SARA SHERIDAN The moon was low but not full. The men set out along the dock in conversation. As they dropped onto ... SARA SHERIDAN The jungle is alive. It’s dangerous as a living nightmare and brimful of hostility. SARA SHERIDAN