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Stella Adler Actress, Director
Stage

"The actor must be full of passion. If he's too cool he's better off as the manager of a company, not someone who appears on the stage."

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Sri Aurobindo Philosopher, Poet, Politician
Stage

"Impossibility is only a sum of greater unrealised possibles. It veils an advanced stage and a yet unaccomplished journey."

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Samuel Beckett Playwright, Novelist
Stage

"It's so nice to know where you're going, in the early stages. It almost rids you of the wish to go there."

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Olivia Newton-John Singer, Actress
Stage

"For me I have learned to enjoy everything, especially performing live, so much more. I used to get horrible stage fright when I was younger and today and just love to sing for anyone who still turns up at my shows!"

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Dave Chappelle Comedian, Actor, Writer
Stage

"When I'm on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that's the only time in my adult life I feel like myself."

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Aung San Suu Kyi Politician, Activist
Stage

"The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development."

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