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There was a time when all these things would have passed me by, li

There was a time when all these things would have passed me by, like the flitting figures of a theatre, sufficient for the amusement of an hour. But now, I have lost the power of looking merely on the surface. – Lydia Maria Child

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For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out ones acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet ones friends, and show that ones alive. – Fanny Burney

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I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that its more of an actors medium. I think that film is more of a directors medium. You cant edit something out on stage. Its there. – Kim Cattrall

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The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name. – Enid Bagnold

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