Dramatic Quotes - Page 2

• Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Art, Events, Essentials

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.42, 谷月社

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• As soon as you are trying to be funny or dramatic, that's when things start feeling fake and boring.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Funny, Fake, Feelings

  Interview With Radheyan Simonpillai, www.askmen.com.

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• The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

  John F. Kennedy

  Life, Courage, Bravery

  John F. Kennedy (1964). “Profiles In Courage”

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• A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.

  Jane Fonda

  Dramatic Situations, Sci Fi, Situation

  "Fictional character: Barbarella". "Barbarella", www.imdb.com. 1968.

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• A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.

  Lenny Kravitz

  Dad, Father, Firsts

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• I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday.

  Rufus Wainwright

  Peace, War, Dramatic Life

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.

  Oliver Stone

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• The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama

  Edward Bond

  Drama, Mind, Literature

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• The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win

  Jack Youngblood

  Loss, Winning, Joy

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• States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Thinking, People, Events

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• God undertook the most dramatic rescue operation in cosmic history. He determined to save the human race from self-destruction, and He sent His Son Jesus Christ to salvage and redeem them. The work of man's redemption was accomplished at the cross.

  Billy Graham

  Jesus, Son, Men

  FaceBook post by Billy Graham from Apr 04, 2015

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• Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Movie, Drama, Acting

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• You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.

  Owen Wilson

  Senior, School, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You have to take some dramatic license just to make it entertaining sometimes

  Chi McBride

  Sometimes, Entertaining, License

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• For me, it was more a dramatic shift to go from the stage to the screen.

  Michael C. Hall

  Stage, Screens

  "American Morning With Paula Zahn" with Bill Hemmer, www.cnn.com. August 2, 2002.

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• I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home.

  John Lithgow

  Fun, Home, Long

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• Italians have no sense of the dramatic.

  Jose Carreras

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• The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.

  Steven Levy

  World, Revolution, Economic

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• A counted number of pulses only is given to us of a variegated, dramatic life. How may we see in them all that is to to be seen in them by the finest senses?

  Walter Pater

  Dramatic Life, Numbers, Pulse

  Walter Pater (2013). “The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry”, p.154, Courier Corporation

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• I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work.

  Ivan Reitman

  People, Actors, Bills

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• I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old.

  Winona Ryder

  Depressing, Years, Engagement

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• You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way.

  Terry Southern

  Girl, Boys, World

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• The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands.

  Maria Jeritza

  Lying, Real, Singing

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• I'm developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything's possible.

  Jay Roach

  Pieces, Genre, Including

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• What you do, is you gradually become more and more experienced, and more and more realistic about dramatic tolerance, i.e. about how long the play should be.

  Ridley Scott

  Play, Long, Tolerance

  Interview with Caffeinated Clint, moviehole.net. October 16, 2005.

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