#acting

I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances. ↗

— W.S. Gilbert

#injustice #justice #life #reality #theater

I think I know where my life went wrong. For all the world's a stage and I'm a lousy actor! ↗

— Greg Curtis

#humour #life #life

He came face-to-face with the rude paradox fame had dealt him: The secret of his extraordinary art had been his ability to observe human interaction anonymously, thereby gaining insight into the emotions on display in ordinary life--it was his ability to become a fly-on-the-wall that made him famous, and fame had destroyed his ability to become a fly-on-the-wall. ↗

— C.R. Strahan

#fame #paradox #art

Totus mundus agit histrionem. (All the World's a Stage.)" [Motto of William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (f. 1599) and its acting company, The King's Men; taken from the first play to be performed on the new stage.] ↗

— William Shakespeare

#stage #universe #world #men

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#god #goodness #humanity #justice #kindness

ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, 'Act swiftly awesome pacyderm! ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#acting

Books are the mirrors of the soul. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#metaphor #soul #acting

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting. ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#acting

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head. ↗