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There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#arts #british #especially #force #gets

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#cells #die #forgotten #how #i

While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it is also the most detested nation that the world has ever known. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#detested #ever #known #most #most powerful

A musical film is my idea of heaven. You can pre-record, you don't have to sing live. Singing live was the bit I hated the most. I never felt like a confident singer. ↗

— Billie Piper

#confident #felt #film #hated #heaven

Amadu is all about the family. I've never known love like that before, and it made me think, 'I want a bit of that'. It kind of forced me to get to know my family again. Another reason why he's so lovely. ↗

— Billie Piper

#again #another #before #bit #family

I have to teach myself. I kind of wish I'd continued with my education, but that's something I can do in the future. ↗

— Billie Piper

#education #future #i #i can #kind

I love fresh flowers for my home. I spend far too much money on them, buying them almost every day. ↗

— Billie Piper

#buying #day #every #every day #far

I'm reading more than ever. I used to find it tedious, but now it's like my little friend - it takes my mind off things. ↗

— Billie Piper

#find #friend #i #like #little

A few people have ventured to imitate Shakespeare's tragedy. But no audacious spirit has dreamed or dared to imitate Shakespeare's comedy. No one has made any real attempt to recover the loves and the laughter of Elizabethan England. The low dark arches, the low strong pillars upon which Shakespeare's temple rests we can all explore and handle. We can all get into his mere tragedy; we can all explore his dungeon and penetrate into his coal-cellar, but we stretch our hands and crane our necks in vain towards that height where the tall turrets of his levity are tossed towards the sky. Perhaps it is right that this should be so; properly understood, comedy is an even grander thing than tragedy. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#shakespeare #tragedy #dreams

You must spend money to make money. ↗

— Plautus

#money #must #spend #you