„The theatre couldn't match what was going on in a court of law or at football grounds. The theatre has never been able to match what goes on anywhere, that's why so few people go.“

— Tom Baker

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English actor 1934

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„In England the theatre has never been anything but a fashion for the upper classes or a debauch for the common people.“

— Alfred De Vigny French poet, playwright, and novelist 1797 - 1863

Le théâtre n'a jamais été en Angleterre qu'une mode des hautes classes ou une débauche du bas peuple.
Page 348.
Journal d'un poète (1867)

Fashion, People

„Brecht always liked people to be aware that they were in a theatre. I said to him more than once, but Brecht, what makes you think they think they're anywhere else?“

— Christopher Hampton British playwright, screenwriter and film director 1946

Horváth in Tales from Hollywood (1983), scene 8

Thinking, People

„And at the same time it is a forced importance — you know, football stars and theatre stars — It is man-made so the press can feed off it.“

— Kate Bush British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer 1958

Profiles in Rock interview (December 1980)
Context: Artists shouldn't be made famous. You know… they're just … as important as… um doctors, and priests … or maybe not as important sometimes, and yet they have this huge aura of almost god-like quality about them, just because their craft makes a lot of money. And at the same time it is a forced importance — you know, football stars and theatre stars — It is man-made so the press can feed off it.

Football, Time, Star

„"Wait a second."
"I never understand why people say that," Luke said, to no one in particular. "I wasn't going anywhere."“

— Cassandra Clare, book City of Bones

Clary and Luke, pg. 407
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)

Waiting, Understanding, People

„You need friends, especially in the theatre, you need friends. You need people to interchange with, interface with, connect with. Together you’re going to make it, you’re going to do it together, you’re going to put it on, whatever it is.“

— Al Pacino American film and stage actor and director 1940

Producing Off-Off-Broadway] (2007)

People

„A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world, because that's where people are shown what they could be if they wanted, and what they'd like to be if they dared to and what they really are“

— Tove Jansson, book Moominsummer Madness

Source: Moominsummer Madness

Housing, World, People

„We're in a special place, Ian. We've seen some football matches in our time. But, I've never seen? Seen a game like this, or been in a spectacle like this. I'll remember this for the rest of my life.“

— Steve McManaman English footballer 1972

2010s, 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil v. Germany (2014)
Context: Yeah. We're in a special place, Ian. We've seen some football matches in our time. But, I've never seen? Seen a game like this, or been in a spectacle like this. I'll remember this for the rest of my life. Yeah, yeah. You'd much rather see seven goals than a one-nil defensive display, wouldn't you? At least they're getting entertained.

Football, Time, Game, Life

„If you come out with racist comments, then I believe you shouldn’t be allowed to come to a football match. Don’t be so narrow minded, you’re bigger than that.“

— Rio Ferdinand English association football player 1978

Riohttp://www.theredcard.ie/index.html
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Football

„He is interested in the feelings of the squash ball, and of the champagne bottle that launches the ship. In a football match his sympathy is not with either of the teams but with the ball, or, in a match ending nil-nil, with the hunger of the goalmouth.“

— Alan Bennett English actor, author 1934

"Kafka in Las Vegas", p. 336.
Writing Home (1994)

Football, Feeling, Hunger

„The reason that there are so few good conversationalists is that most people are thinking about what they are going to say and not about what the others are saying.“

— François de La Rochefoucauld French author of maxims and memoirs 1613 - 1680

Ce qui fait que si peu de personnes sont agréables dans la conversation, c'est que chacun songe plus à ce qu'il veut dire qu'à ce que les autres disent.
Réflexions diverses, IV: De la conversation.
Later Additions to the Maxims

Thinking, People

„I don't get it: they re-package the same shitty football games every year, update a few stats, call it a new game and millions of suckers keep buying them. What's the point? Why not just go outside and play real football instead? Or even better yet, get bent. Nobody likes football.“

— Maddox American internet writer 1978

Ikaruga kicks ass http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=ikaruga
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Football, Game

„There is only one necessary condition for the emergence of a new theatre, that the stage and auditorium should be open to the masses, should be able to contain a people and the actions of a people.“

— Romain Rolland French author 1866 - 1944

Le Théâtre du peuple (1903)

People

„I love theatre and films. And when you love something so passionately, don't you find time to indulge in those passions. There are many people who say that theatre has no money, the audience is dwindling etc., but I don't like to give excuses for not doing theatre. I decide on my schedule beforehand, and till date I've never had problems.“

— Mukta Barve Indian actress 1979

I don't like to give excuses for not doing Marathi theatre:Mukta Barve http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/I-dont-like-to-give-excuses-for-not-doing-Marathi-theatre-Mukta-Barve/articleshow/18970947.cms

Time, Passion, Problem, People

„The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.“

— Stella Adler American actress and teaching coach 1901 - 1992

Quoted in Joan E. Kole, "Theatre and Aging" (2009), p. 1

Truth, People, Life

„There are a few people who only like hip-hop music, and a few who only like theatre music, and the rest of us just like good shit. It doesn’t matter what form it comes in. I think we’re all a lot more eclectic than we give ourselves credit for…“

— Lin-Manuel Miranda American actor and musician 1980

On the combining of musical genres in Hamilton in “Lin-Manuel Miranda on his Broadway smash Hamilton: 'the world freaked out'” https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/sep/25/lin-manuel-miranda-broadway-smash-hamilton-hip-hop-musical-school-of-eminem in The Guardian (2016 Sep 25)

People, Thinking, Music

„Why throw money at problems? That's what money is for.
Should the nation's wealth be redistributed? It has been and continues to be redistributed to a few people in a manner strikingly unhelpful.“

— Kurt Vonnegut, book Timequake

Timequake (1997)

Wealth, Problem, People, Money

„To me, Arsenal played much better football two or three years ago. They won matches and were exciting to watch. They create excitement so how can you say Chelsea are the best in the world?“

— Rafael Benítez Spanish association football player and manager 1960

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Football, World

„And he (Andy Van Dam) put his arm around my shoulders and we went for a little walk and he said, Randy, it's such a shame that people perceive you as so arrogant. Because it's going to limit what you're going to be able to accomplish in life. What a hell of a way to word "you're being a jerk." [laughter] Right? He doesn't say you're a jerk. He says people are perceiving you this way and he says the downside is it's going to limit what you're going to be able to accomplish.“

— Randy Pausch, book The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture (2008)
Variant: And he put his arm around my shoulders and we went for a little walk and he said, Randy, it’s such a shame that people perceive you as so arrogant. Because it’s going to limit what you’re going to be able to accomplish in life. What a hell of a way to word “you’re being a jerk.” [laughter] Right? He doesn’t say you’re a jerk. He says people are perceiving you this way and he says the downside is it’s going to limit what you’re going to be able to accomplish.

Laughter, Hell, Way, Jerk

„What is the argument on the other side? Only this, that no case has been found in which it has been done before. That argument does not appeal to me in the least. If we never do anything which has not been done before, we shall never get anywhere. The law will stand still whilst the rest of the world goes on; and that will be bad for both.“

— Alfred Denning, Baron Denning British judge 1899 - 1999

Packer v. Packer [1954] P. 15 at 22.
Judgments

Law, World

„The theatre is a place where one has time for the problems of people to whom one would show the door if they came to one's office for a job.“

— Tennessee Williams American playwright 1911 - 1983

Quoted in "Tennessee Williams" in Profiles (1990) by Kenneth Tynan (first published as a magazine article in February 1956)

Time, Problem, People

„The theatre couldn't match what was going on in a court of law or at football grounds. The theatre has never been able to match what goes on anywhere, that's why so few people go.“

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