Etienne Decroux Quotes
The idea of difficulty animates us all the time. We don’t want man to be an angel; we want him to be a hero. That is to say, a man like us, but who does extraordinary things. He jumps, yes, but in spite of the law of gravity. And everything he does is always ‘in spite of.’
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Every man must wear out at least one pair of fools shoes.
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My first Comic-Con was when I first met Joss Whedon: He introduced me to that world and I'd never been to a convention before that. He and a bunch of the 'Buffy' and 'Angel' writers were all going down in a big van and he invited me along.
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I wish I could fill every young man who reads these pages with an utter dread and horror of poverty. I wish I could make you so feel its shame, its constraint, its bitterness that you would make vows against it.
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I'm more of a 5 Live man. But I might listen to a bit of Coldplay or The Smiths.
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Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate.
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This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.
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Your man Flavor Flav is living!
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We have not yet seen what man can make of man.
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A true man hates no one.
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When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody is very light and could pass for possibly white or someone is very dark.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.
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I think a man is a man, and a man has a hairy chest, so let that be!
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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I'm a gay man who came out when I was 10 years old, and there's nothing in my life that I'm prouder of.
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A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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I don't want to be on 'Dancing With the Stars' anytime soon.
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I'm a natural blonde. I was a towhead as a kid, and then it got ashier when I was 18.
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When an accident or a crime happens, there's a period of time before the yellow tape goes up, before the official response becomes formalized. That allows the nightcrawlers to get very close.
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Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too.
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One half of her should not be always so much wiser than the other half.
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The idea of difficulty animates us all the time. We don’t want man to be an angel; we want him to be a hero. That is to say, a man like us, but who does extraordinary things. He jumps, yes, but in spite of the law of gravity. And everything he does is always ‘in spite of.’
