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...no man of genuinely superior intelligence has ever been an actor. Even supposing a young man of appreciable mental powers to be lured upon the stage, as philosophers are occasionally lured into bordellos, his mind would be inevitably and almost immediately destroyed by the gaudy nonsense issuing from his mouth every night. – H. L. Mencken
A fanatic is one compelled to action by the need to find a strong meaning in life. The fanatic determines for himself what role he is to play in life, and his intense devotion to a cause is the means. – Eugene E. Brussell
A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't. – Unknown
A man can know nothing of mankind without knowing something of himself. Self-knowledge is the property of that man whose passions have their full play, but who ponders over their results. – Benjamin Disraeli
Ace The town will never be the same. After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. Today it looks like Disneyland. And while the kids play cardboard pirates, Mommy and Daddy drop the house payments and Junior's college money on the poker slots. In the old days, dealers knew your name, what you drank, what you played. Today, it's like checkin' into an airport. And if you order room service, you're lucky if you get it by Thursday. Today, it's all gone. You get a whale show up with four million in a suitcase, and some twenty-five-year-old hotel school kid is gonna want his Social Security Number. After the Teamsters got knocked out of the box, the corporations tore down practically every one of the old casinos. And where did the money come from to rebuild the pyramids Junk bonds. But in the end, I wound up right back where I started. I could still pick winners, and I could still make money for all kinds of people back home. And why mess up a good thing – Casino
Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide he exposes himself. – Jeanne Moreau
Advertising is the most potent influence in adapting and changing the habits and modes of life affecting what we eat, what we wear, and the work and play of a whole nation. – Calvin Coolidge
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. – John Bay
An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow. – Edwin Booth
An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer. – Marlon Brando
An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling. – Donald Sinden
An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him ain't listening. – Marlon Brando
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. – Kahlil Gibran
And so faith is closing your eyes and following the breath of your soul down to the bottom of life, where existence and nonexistence have merged into irrelevance. All that matters is the little part you play in the vast drama. – Real Live Preacher
And thus I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. – William Shakespeare
Answer That you are here---that life exists and identity, That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. – Walt Whitman
At any rate, I am convinced that He God does not play dice. – Albert Einstein
At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice. – Albert Einstein, In a letter to Max Born, 1926
At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. – Thomas Tusser
At the end of six innings of play, it's Montreal 5, Expos 3. – Jerry Coleman
Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life--learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. – Robert
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play and to look up at the stars. – Henry Van Dyke
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play, and to look up at the stars and sun. – Henry Van Dyke
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars. – Henry Van Dyke
Being a woman is of special interest to aspiring male transexuals. To actual women it is simply a good excuse not to play football. – Fran Lebowitz

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