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Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

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I don't know very much, but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to read more

I don't know very much, but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to argue about it. I know what I think about an actor or an actress, and am not interested in what anybody else thinks.

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Your Englishman, confronted by something abnormal will always pretend that it isn't there. If, however, you force him to look read more

Your Englishman, confronted by something abnormal will always pretend that it isn't there. If, however, you force him to look into it, he'll at once pretend that he sees the object not for what it is but for something that he would like it to be.

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New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my read more

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

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The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers.

The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers.

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