Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

Quote by Ralph Richardson

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In music, the punctuation is absolutely strict, the bars and rests are absolutely defined. But...

In music, the punctuation is absolutely strict, the bars and rests are absolutely defined. But...

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one...

You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one...

The most precious things in speech are pauses

The most precious things in speech are pauses

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through...

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through...

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I...

All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I...

So I have talked with Betsey and Betsey has talked with me, And we have...

So I have talked with Betsey and Betsey has talked with me, And we have...

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

For me, this nomination was as if all of a sudden the crucifix began to...

For me, this nomination was as if all of a sudden the crucifix began to...

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just...

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just...

I feel your pain.

I feel your pain.

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches...

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches...

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

Everybody favors free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground

Everybody favors free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground

Literature is the immortality of speech

Literature is the immortality of speech

Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room...

Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room...

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.