George Pierce Baker
Related ORSON SCOTT CARD A Shakespearean tragedy as so far considered may be called a story of exceptional calamity leading t... ANDREW COYLE BRADLEY C. JOYBELL C. JEAN RACINE JEAN RACINE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MARISSA MEYER SIR THOMAS BROWNE JOSEPH STALIN WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending. WILLIAM D. HOWELLS BILL BRADLEY JOSEPH STALIN JOSEPH STALIN CRAIG GROESCHEL But that means that the Eucharist is far more than just a meal; it has cost a death to provide it, a... JOSEPH RATZINGER NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN COUSINS JOSEF STALIN JOSEF STALIN The legal framework is such that I am unable to comment on it at this point. Having said that, with ... BARRY VENABLE 'Fargo' is a tragedy with a happy ending. So you need to have that tragic underpinning, that... NOAH HAWLEY CASSANDRA CLARE DEYTH BANGER JOSEPH STALIN JOSEPH STALIN JOSEPH STALIN UNKNOWN JOSEPH STALIN The life of our bodies is only a constantly prevented dying, an ever deferred death…Every breath w... IRVIN D. YALOM With the death of Chief Justice Rehnquist and the tragedy of Katrina that view is even more salient ... MARGIE MCHUGH KILROY J. OLDSTER In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is nev... ANDREW COYLE BRADLEY NICHOLAS KRISTOF RUFUS WAINWRIGHT JORGE LUIS BORGES ARTHUR MILLER ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH RITA MAE BROWN Life's greatest tragedy is not that it will someday end, but that most only live to follow direction... ALEX GASKARTH CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD CLAUDE MONET Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime,... WHITTAKER CHAMBERS We want to make sure that this evidence ... is preserved in such a way that NASA can come in afterwa... MICHAEL BROWN Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live. THOMAS BROWNE SR. SIR THOMAS BROWNE MARIO PUZO One of the advantages of appearing in such a play is that you begin to understand it properly, I fee... LALLA WARD Everything we do is very funny. The more tragic life is, the more you have to laugh at it. Sometimes... JEANETTE HARRISON EPICURUS I went to one side, I went downstairs, and everybody seemed OK. Then I went to the other side, and i... PETER MURRAY RHYS IFANS There is no foul play suspected in his death. There's nothing to suggest that it was a suicide at th... ERIC MESSICK CRAIG GROESCHEL DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON the deceased don’t want you to forget about them. They just want you to move past it; not to dwell... JUSTIN PYFROM SAM HARRIS CRAIG GROESCHEL Life is completely unpredictable. It is unfair and tragic. It is beautiful and mysterious. Sometimes... SUZANNE KRAMB BHAGAT SINGH All my life, ... I have been preoccupied with the great tragedy of losing family in wars. The pain o... ROGER WATERS It was certainly a surprise to us that this would happen, that he would come in and do this. But it ... DWAYNE BAIRD Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects of what is real, and whether we see the tragic or the humor... ARNOLD BEISSER Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects of what is real, and whether we see the tragic or the humoro... ARNOLD BEISSER VICTORIA KAHLER PAUL SWEENEY There have been 500 years of tragedy that we are still trying to live through and get over, BEN CAMPBELL ANDY GARCIA Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM It was almost 17 years to the day that we have this additional tragedy. America will come back and w... BILL NELSON It was a tragedy to begin with, ... But now we have a homicide-slash-attempted suicide. JOHN SCHULTZ You have to understand the human dimension, ... For those families, this becomes a tragedy of monume... DENNIS KUCINICH YANN MARTEL Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. It was not a gift that was given to Cuba. We were put in that pool. It was called the 'death pool,' ... HIGINIO VELEZ VIKRAM SETH Gay icons usually have some tragedy in their lives, but I've only had tragic haircuts and outfits. KYLIE MINOGUE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER In the West, it was believed that attitude and ambition saved you. In Africa, we had learned that no... ALEXANDRA FULLER Throughout the years I learned the good times must come to an end, all the bad times will get worse,... JOHN KENNEBREW The pomp of death is far more terrible than death itself. NATHANIEL LEE JERRY SEINFELD TED TURNER LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN Our nation recommitted itself to making manned space flight as safe as possible after the Challenger... BILL NELSON DIETRICH BONHOEFFER OLIVIA WILDE MEHMET MURAT ILDAN If we don't act now, the death tax will come back in just a few years. Under current law the dea... KIT BOND It's actually such a tragedy that I live in a world that is inspired by me putting my body or mental... MALEBO SEPHODI WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DEYTH BANGER VANNA BONTA If there was no such thing as death, men would scarcely live. The human race thrives on the fear of ... KIRPA RAI This was an incredibly horrible tragedy. A tragedy for the Swift family and a tragedy for the Morgan... FERN ADELSTEIN Responding to bereavement by trying to make a difference is certainly both understandable and admira... WILLIAM MACASKILL ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems... RONALD BLYTHE
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The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations pro... GEORGE PIERCE BAKER When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a d... GEORGE PIERCE BAKER There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on the poin... GEORGE PIERCE BAKER In the best farce today we start with some absurd premise as to character or situation, but if the p... GEORGE PIERCE BAKER Farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible. GEORGE PIERCE BAKER But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives ple... GEORGE PIERCE BAKER Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasu... GEORGE PIERCE BAKER In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of indi... GEORGE PIERCE BAKER Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by l... GEORGE PIERCE BAKER Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the pr... GEORGE PIERCE BAKER We were supposed to leave on the Amtrak Crescent to New Orleans, but we have a little problem down t... GEORGE PIERCE It is not the end of the world. Don't try to hide it from the kids or the spouse. GEORGE PIERCE It needs to be cleaned up. We want it to look like the Santa Maria Cemetery. The trash needs to be c... GEORGE PIERCE We put five in the top 15 and my sixth-place runner p.r'd by 30 seconds. You can't ask for any more ... GEORGE PIERCE We worked hard, we put our best foot forward, and we'll move on. GEORGE BAKER They're doing a nice dance around the question of private investment. GEORGE BAKER You have to deal with this in political terms, not in economical terms. GEORGE BAKER To produce this oil efficiently and quickly, you need people who've done it before. GEORGE BAKER [Along the way, Baker had recorded with Bobby Robinson, who had also worked with Elmore James and wa... GEORGE BAKER People always ask me about Marvin Gaye, ... I was just looking for a gig, and Marvin was looking for... GEORGE BAKER I wouldn't say it's futile -- the opportunity is there. It's worthwhile to keep fighting to save the... GEORGE BAKER It always surprises me, and pleases me, that they still come because they enjoy it. At this age, it ... GEORGE BAKER I think it's been a good experience to play against Spackenkill players because they're always so ta... GEORGE BAKER [Years later, when Baker learned that Gaye had been killed by his father, he thought back to the las... GEORGE BAKER PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And whe... WENDELL PIERCE I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and liv... WENDELL PIERCE We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer. WENDELL PIERCE It was really great to also see the response that people were having to 'Treme' 'cause y... WENDELL PIERCE Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those peo... WENDELL PIERCE One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people... WENDELL PIERCE New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a ... WENDELL PIERCE At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just ... WENDELL PIERCE I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer ... WENDELL PIERCE 'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud ... WENDELL PIERCE A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're ... WENDELL PIERCE The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable. WENDELL PIERCE What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflec... WENDELL PIERCE The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, w... WENDELL PIERCE And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and com... WENDELL PIERCE The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided ... WENDELL PIERCE Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid. WENDELL PIERCE With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined. FRANKLIN PIERCE PIERCE BROSNAN PIERCE BROSNAN PIERCE BROSNAN PIERCE BROSNAN CHARLIE PIERCE PIERCE BROSNAN TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE PIERCE BROWN TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE PIERCE BROWN AMBROSE PIERCE PIERCE BROSNAN TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion. FRANKLIN PIERCE PIERCE BROSNAN CHARLIE PIERCE PIERCE BROSNAN CHARLIE PIERCE PIERCE BROSNAN PIERCE BROSNAN PIERCE BROSNAN PIERCE BROWN PAUL PIERCE CHARLIE PIERCE Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, ... WENDELL PIERCE PIERCE BROSNAN PIERCE BROSNAN PIERCE BROSNAN PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PAUL PIERCE PIERCE BROSNAN TAMORA PIERCE TAMORA PIERCE PIERCE BROWN I had planned on coming back to get clothes for the next day, but I couldn't get in the building. It... BEN PIERCE A lot of the technology stocks may be down lately, but people who have been holding good old blue ch... BEN PIERCE People tend to do much of their tax planning late in the year. 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Death is not a tragedy to the one who dies; to have wasted the life before that death, that is the t... 
How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... 
A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadnes... 
A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sa... 
Upon the death of her mother-in-law, Elearnor Roosevelt said, "It is truly a tragedy of life to have... 
But was the woman's death the tragedy, or her life? 
It is a brave act to despise death; but where life is more terrible than death, it is then the trues... 
The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic. 
What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending. 
That was a tragedy but what it said to me was that the real tragedy was how deeply racial profiling ... 
One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic. 
One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic. 
We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. 
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives -- the death of genuine feeling, the... 
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the ... 
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic. 
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic 
You can’t pay for tragedy with more tragedy, or draw life from death.” “I 
I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. 
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One death is a tragedy, and a million deaths are a statistic. 
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I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it is not impossible that I may c... 
It is a lie. 
Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... 
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It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so... 
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What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We ... 
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live... 
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The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis. 
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She is no longer a solitary being. She is a million different parts, each reborn, granted the miracl... 
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A recent survey stated that the average person's greatest fear is having to give a speech in public.... 
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