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Our only competition in the t...

Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

I say that you cannot adminis...

I say that you cannot administer a wicked law impartially. You can only destroy. You can only punish. I warn you that a wicked law, like cholera, destroys everyone it touches - its upholders as well as its defiers.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

Is it possible to be overzeal...

Is it possible to be overzealous, to destroy that which you hope to save-so that nothing is left but emptiness.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

When you lose the power to la...

When you lose the power to laugh, you lose your power to think straight.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

Thou shalt not steal the shek...

Thou shalt not steal the shekels of thine audience with a play which doth not let them know what the hell goeth on.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

An idea is a greater monument...

An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man's knowledge is more of a miracle than any sticks turned to snakes, or the parting of waters!

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

Progress has never been a bar...

Progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it. Sometimes I think there's a man who sits behind a counter and says, "All right, you can have a telephone but you lose privacy and the charm of distance. Madam, you may vote but at a price. You lose the right to retreat behind the powder puff or your petticoat. Mister, you may conquer the air but the birds will lose their wonder and the clouds will smell of gasoline."

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

In no instance is there to be...

In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

The whole point of writing is...

The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

The aftermath of the war is w...

The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

Life is a banquet, and most p...

Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

A neurotic is a man who build...

A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

Cynical? Thats my fascination...

Cynical? Thats my fascination. I do hateful things, for which people love me, And lovable things for which they hate me. I am a friend of enemies, the enemy of friends; I am admired for my detestability. I am both Poles and the Equator, with no Temperate Zones between.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

Darwin was wrong. Man's still ...

Darwin was wrong. Man's still an ape

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

I think enthusiasm is the answ...

I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

Our only competition in the th...

Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

Progress has never been a barg...

Progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it. Sometimes I think there's a man who sits behind a counter and says, 'All right, you can have a telephone but you lose privacy and the charm of distance. Madam, you may vote but at a price. You lose the right to retreat behind the powder puff or your petticoat. Mister, you may conquer the air but the birds will lose their wonder and the clouds will smell of gasoline. Henry Drummond, a character in Inherit the Wind

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

I say that you cannot administ...

I say that you cannot administer a wicked law impartially. You can only destroy. You can only punish. I warn you that a wicked law, like cholera, destroys everyone it touches - its upholders as well as its defiers.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

In no instance is there to be ...

In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

You must not demand the failur...

You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us.

Jerome Lawrence 33 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....