#he

Wouldn't you like to have heard the voice of Shakespeare, or Jesus Christ? ↗

— Henry Irving

#heard #jesus #jesus christ #like #shakespeare

You speak into it and everything is recorded, voice, tone, intonation, everything. You turn a little wheel, and forth it comes, and can be repeated ten thousand times. Only fancy what this suggests. ↗

— Henry Irving

#everything #fancy #forth #into #intonation

You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven't done what I do. Most book reviewers haven't written 11 novels. Many of them haven't written one. ↗

— John Irving

#book #critics #done #dwell #feel

Due to state laws, the restaurant was nonsmoking, which as a nonsmoker pleases me, but as a Libertarian it pisses me off.
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— Jarod Kintz

#big-brother #choice #freedom #law #laws

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. ↗

— Washington Irving

#charity #fire #flame #genial #hall

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard. ↗

— Washington Irving

#never #regard #strong #where

He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#chosen #i #i think #jobs #just

Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

#education #learning #religion #theology #education

People keep telling us, that they didn't know when they were booking tickets for it, but afterwards they say that they've had no sense that they were watching an old fashioned play. ↗

— Bill Irwin

#booking #fashioned #had #keep #know

The fact is that we like each other very much, and we of course see each other on stage all the time, but this means more time to spend together, and that's great. We couldn't be happier. ↗

— Bill Irwin

#each #fact #great #happier #like