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I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I want to go home.
Noel Coward
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Noel Coward
Age: 73 †
Born: 1899
Born: December 16
Died: 1973
Died: March 26
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To take a gloomy view of life is not part of my philosophy to laugh at the idiocies of my fellow creatures is. However, at this particular moment I cannot find so much to laugh at as I would like.
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There isn't a particle of you that I don't know, remember, and want.
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I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.
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There are bad times just around the corner, There are dark clouds travelling through the sky, And it's no good whining, About a silver lining, For we know from experience they won't roll by...
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How was your flight? Well, aeronautically it was a great success. Socially, it left quite a bit to be desired.
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Fifty-four years of love and tenderness and crossness and devotion and unswerving loyalty. Without her I could have achieved a quarter of what I have achieved, not only in terms of success and career, but in terms of personal happiness.
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If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it.
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Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.
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How about slipping out of those wet things and into a dry Martini?
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The pleasures that once were heaven look silly at sixty-seven.
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Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
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People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.
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Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt And frequently mortgaged to the hilt Is inclined to take the gilt Off the gingerbread, And certainly damps the fun Of the eldest son.
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Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.
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Marriage is the aftermath of love.
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