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The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him from it was, in the lesser drama, civilisation and, in the great drama, the discovery of something that he did not set out to discover but which can be seen retrospectively as inevitable. ↗

— David Mamet

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Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war. ↗

— Allan Massie

#civilised #despise #do you know #folk #know

It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors. ↗

— Amelie Mauresmo

#did #going #happen #juniors #like

A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this! ↗

— Theresa May

#issue #lot #men #politics #realised

I started to realise that it wasn't for me. Perhaps I didn't have to give my Hamlet before I died, that the world might be an OK place without my Hamlet, in fact. ↗

— Eric McCormack

#died #fact #give #hamlet #i

By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#always #could #definition #each #enough