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My importance to the world is...

My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

It's no use to go and take co...

It's no use to go and take courses in playwriting any more than it's much use taking courses in acting. Better play to a bad matin?e in Hull, it will teach you much more than a year of careful instruction.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

I don't think pornography is ...

I don't think pornography is harmful, but it is terribly, terribly boring.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

An infant prodigy of nine is ...

An infant prodigy of nine is shoved upon the stage in white. She starts off in a dismal whine about a dark and stormy night, a burglar, whose heart is true, despite his wicked-looking face, who puts the little child in doom, to save her mamma's jewel case. This may bring tears to every eye; it does not set my heart on fire. I'd like to stand serenely by and watch that horrid child expire.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

Grab it while you can — grab ...

Grab it while you can — grab every scrap of happiness while you can

Noel Coward 156 quotes

A perfect martini should be m...

A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

How foolish to think that one...

How foolish to think that one can ever slam the door in the face of age. Much wiser to be polite and gracious and ask him to lunch in advance.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

Hollywood is a place where so...

Hollywood is a place where some people lie on the beach and look up at the stars, whereas other people lie on the stars and look down at the beach.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

Passion in a dromedary doesn'...

Passion in a dromedary doesn't go so deep; a camel when it's mating never sobs itself to sleep.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

My life really has been one l...

My life really has been one long extravaganza.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

To take a gloomy view of life...

To take a gloomy view of life is not part of my philosophy; to laugh at the idiocies of my fellow creatures is. However, at this particular moment I cannot find so much to laugh at as I would like.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

Trust your instincts. If you ...

Trust your instincts. If you have no instincts, trust your impulses.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

Why do I drink Champagne for ...

Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn't everyone?

Noel Coward 156 quotes

Familiarity breeds contempt, ...

Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

I will accept anything in the...

I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I want to go home.

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Television is for appearing o...

Television is for appearing on, not looking at.

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Marriage is the aftermath of ...

Marriage is the aftermath of love.

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The Stately Homes of England,...

The Stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand, To prove the Upper Classes, Have still the Upper Hand.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

To know you are among people ...

To know you are among people whom you love, and who love you – that has made all the successes wonderful, much more wonderful than they'd have been anyway.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

Fifty-four years of love and ...

Fifty-four years of love and tenderness and crossness and devotion and unswerving loyalty. Without her I could have achieved a quarter of what I have achieved, not only in terms of success and career, but in terms of personal happiness.

Noel Coward 156 quotes

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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....