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• An infant prodigy of nine is shoved upon the stage in white. She starts off in a dismal whine about a dark and stormy night, a burglar, whose heart is true, despite his wicked-looking face, who puts the little child in doom, to save her mamma's jewel case. This may bring tears to every eye; it does not set my heart on fire. I'd like to stand serenely by and watch that horrid child expire.

  Noel Coward

  Children, Heart, Eye

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• I write at high speed because boredom is bad for my health.

  Noel Coward

  Writing, Boredom, Speed

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• Everybody was up to something, especially, of course, those who were up to nothing.

  Noel Coward

  Indolence, Courses

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• Good heavens, television is something you appear on; you don't watch.

  Noel Coward

  Art, Heaven, Watches

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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.

  Noel Coward

  Loyalty, Years, Careers

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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.

  Noel Coward

  Philosophy, Political Opinions, Wish

  "A Talent to Amuse". Book by Sheridan Morley, 1985.

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• It's like this, dear boy, the one in front is blind and the kind one behind is pushing him.

  Noel Coward

  Funny, Dog, Boys

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• Comedies of manners swiftly become obsolete when there are no longer any manners.

  Noel Coward

  Comedy, Manners, Obsolete

  Noel Coward (1952). “Relative Values: A Light Comedy in Three Acts”, Samuel French

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• To know you are among people whom you love, and who love you – that has made all the successes wonderful, much more wonderful than they'd have been anyway.

  Noel Coward

  Love You, People, Wonderful

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• You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your pay packet on Friday.

  Noel Coward

  Funny, Friday, Motivation

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• I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

  Noel Coward

  Class, Literature, Firsts

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• I want a horse and plough, Chickens too, Just one cow, With a wistful moo.

  Noel Coward

  Country, Horse, Want

  Noel Coward, Barry Day (2009). “The Essential Noël Coward Compendium: The Very Best of His Work, Life and Times”, p.208, A&C Black

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• Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark staring mad. You've got to be in control.

  Noel Coward

  Eight, Mad, Theatre

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• She had much in common with Hitler, only no mustache.

  Noel Coward

  Sarcastic, Mustache, Common

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• I don't much care for Hollywood, I'd rather have a nice cup of cocoa.

  Noel Coward

  Nice, Hollywood, Care

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.

  Noel Coward

  Stars, Believe, Astrology

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• Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.

  Noel Coward

  Mind, Literature, Made

  'The Cafè de la Paix'

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• He must have been an incredibly good shot.

  Noel Coward

  Intellectual, Intelligence, Shots

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• Goodnight, my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow.

  Noel Coward

  Dying, Tomorrow, Famous Last Words

  Noel Coward's last words, March 26, 1973.

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• I'm an enormously talented man, and there's no use pretending that I'm not.

  Noel Coward

  Men, Use, Pretending

  "BWW Reviews: Stylish PRIVATE LIVES Amuses at Wayside Theatre" by Jeffrey Walker, www.broadwayworld.com. July 30, 2012.

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• Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?)

  Noel Coward

  Funny, Humor, May

  Letter to T. E. Lawrence, 25 Aug. 1930

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• You kissed me because you were awfully nice and I was awfully nice and we both liked kissing very much. It was inevitable.

  Noel Coward

  Nice, Kissing, Inevitable

  Noel Coward (1979). “Hay fever. The vortex. Fallen angels. Easy virtue”, Methuen Drama

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• AMANDA: I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives.

  Noel Coward

  Thinking, People, Normal

  Noel Coward (2008). “The Letters of Noel Coward”, p.209, Vintage

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• Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.

  Noel Coward

  Love, Country, Peace

  Noel Coward (1952). “Play Parade”

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• Running is the classical road to self-consciousn ess, self-awareness and self-reliance. Independence is the outstanding characteristic of a runner. He learns the harsh reality of his physical and spiritual limitations when he runs. He learns that personal commitment, sacrifice and determination are his only means to betterment. Runners get promoted only through self-conquest.

  Noel Coward

  Running, Spiritual, Determination

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