Brooks Atkinson Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
Brooks Atkinson Quotes and Sayings
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After each war there is a little less democracy to save.
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Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.
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Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.
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Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy.
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In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
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It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.
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It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.
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People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.
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The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.
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There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.
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