“Theatrical effectiveness, I believe, lies in it's rarity its uniqueness”

— Max Frisch

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Swiss playwright and novelist 1911–1991

Bernard Crick (1929–2008) British political theorist and democratic socialist

Source: In Defence Of Politics (Second Edition) – 1981, Chapter 1, The Nature Of Political Rule, p. 20.

“The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a Theatrical Show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that; i. e. all the Glory of it.”

John Adams (1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States

Letter to Benjamin Rush (21 June 1811); published in Old Family Letters: Copied from the Originals for Alexander Biddle (1892), p. 287 http://books.google.com/books?id=5d8hAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Jefferson+ran+away+with+all+the+stage+effect+of+that%22; also quoted in TIME magazine (25 October 1943) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,796192-2,00.html
1810s

“Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.”

Jean de La Bruyère book Les Caractères

Entre le bon sens et le bon goût il y a la différence de la cause à son effet.
Aphorism 56
Les Caractères (1688), Des jugements

“Blood: A red substance believed to be capable of supporting life but which in a theatrical drama invariably indicates death.”

Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director

Rosa: The Death of a Composer

“… the older I get, the more I believe that if love is to be judged by most of its visible effects, it looks more like hatred than friendship.”

Paul Hoffman book The Left Hand of God

Source: The Left Hand of God

“The resilience of democracy lies in its self-cleansing effect. Control and correction are the cleansing agents of democracy. Where they are lacking, democracy dies a silent death.”

Jules Sedney (1922–2020) Prime Minister of Suriname (1922-2020)

The Future of Our Past (1997)

“Lies are lies, but all lies have their moment to be believed.”

Javier Marías book Tu rostro mañana

Las mentiras son las mentiras, pero todo tiene su tiempo para ser creído.
Source: Tu rostro mañana, 1. Fiebre y lanza [Your Face Tomorrow, Vol. 1: Fever and Spear] (2002), p. 179

“The present time Latin America is going through, with its impressive natural and human resources, devoid of racial and religious conflicts, is a unique moment, and I believe that Argentina and Argentines are at the doorstep of an unprecedented opportunity.”

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953) Argentine politician and ex President of Argentina

Fuente: Telam 29/10/2006 http://web.archive.org/20070927195620/www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=41633&id=109550&dis=1&sec=1
Unsourced, 2006

“I believe that the imagination is the passport we create to take us into the real world. I believe the imagination is another phrase for what is most uniquely us.”

John Guare Six Degrees of Separation

Source: Six Degrees of Separation

“A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold.”

John Paul Stevens (1920–2019) Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Dissenting, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. ___ (2010).

“Theatrical effectiveness, I believe, lies in it's rarity its uniqueness”

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