#the

Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not. ↗

— Anna Howard Shaw

#either #else #form #government #now

Theater dates very quickly. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#quickly #theater #very

I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#because #dangerously #i #loathe #most

I once saw my mother playing Mary Magdalene in a parish event. But she had to put the role aside in order to go and front the choir who were singing at the same occasion. She left the stage halfway through the Crucifixion. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#choir #crucifixion #event #front #go

Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#generation #history #households #irish #like

One moment cannot be the most important. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#important #moment #most #the most important

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#badly #bassist #brother #cello #double

Theater is dangerously open to repetition. It's exciting when you hit on a new way. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#exciting #hit #new #new way #open

There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#did #i #lot #performing #professional

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#cannot #change #impossible #minds #progress