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You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form.
Tom Stoppard
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Tom Stoppard
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 3
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I love love. I love having a lover and being one. The insularity of passion. I love it. I love the way it blurs the distinction between everyone who isn't one's lover.
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It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable ... it's better to be quotable than honest.
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