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Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist’s desire to prove that he’s good. The terrible temptation of idealism! Picture Quote #1

In Britain you’re more used to challenging drama. In America, TV is just boring, and numbing, and bloody terrible Picture Quote #1

When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women Picture Quote #1

The ordinary, utterly mundane reason behind the massacre makes it somehow more terrible, and far more depressing. The word ‘senseless’ springs to mind, and Idris thwarts it. It’s what people always say. A senseless act of violence. A senseless murder. As if you could commit sensible murder Picture Quote #1

Nothing is so stifling as symmetry. Symmetry is boredom, the quintessence of mourning. Despair yawns. There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering - a hell of boredom Picture Quote #1

The people have no ear, either for rhythm or music, and their unnatural passion for pianoforte playing and singing is thus all the more repulsive. There is nothing on earth more terrible than English music, except English painting Picture Quote #1

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So much had been surrendered! And to such little purpose! There had been mad wilful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial, whose origin was fear and whose result was a degradation infinitely more terrible than that fancied degradation from which, in their ignorance, they had sought to escape Picture Quote #1

To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we ‘know’ that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined Picture Quote #1

Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons--new and uncertain nations--new pressures of population and deprivation Picture Quote #1

I noticed that some of my deadness was being replaced by an intense feeling about the Greek stories and the Bible stories. They were similar. There was something naked about these stories. Terrible things happened, and then some more terrible things Picture Quote #1

I am very lucky to be man because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It’s much more difficult Picture Quote #1

I mean you have been disappointed in love, but don’t you know how many things there are to be disappointed in besides love? You are lucky to be still disappointed in love. Later it may be even more terrible Picture Quote #1

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I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It’s terrible for the culture of music Picture Quote #1

Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself Picture Quote #1

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The pomp of death is far more terrible than death itself Picture Quote #1

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible Picture Quote #1

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Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight Picture Quote #1

There is nobody more terrible than the desperate Picture Quote #1

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible Picture Quote #1

Fear is a tyrant and a despot, more terrible than the rack, more potent than the snake Picture Quote #1

Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live Picture Quote #1

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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously Picture Quote #1

All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first Picture Quote #1

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The expectation of an unpleasantness is more terrible than the thing itself Picture Quote #1

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Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist’s desire to prove that he’s good. The terrible temptation of idealism! (More Terrible Quotes) In Britain you’re more used to challenging drama. In America, TV is just boring, and numbing, and bloody terrible (More Terrible Quotes) When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women (More Terrible Quotes) The ordinary, utterly mundane reason behind the massacre makes it somehow more terrible, and far more depressing. The word ‘senseless’ springs to mind, and Idris thwarts it. It’s what people always say. A senseless act of violence. A senseless murder. As if you could commit sensible murder (More Terrible Quotes) Nothing is so stifling as symmetry. Symmetry is boredom, the quintessence of mourning. Despair yawns. There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering - a hell of boredom (More Terrible Quotes) The people have no ear, either for rhythm or music, and their unnatural passion for pianoforte playing and singing is thus all the more repulsive. There is nothing on earth more terrible than English music, except English painting (More Terrible Quotes) So much had been surrendered! And to such little purpose! There had been mad wilful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial, whose origin was fear and whose result was a degradation infinitely more terrible than that fancied degradation from which, in their ignorance, they had sought to escape (More Terrible Quotes) To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we ‘know’ that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined (More Terrible Quotes) Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons--new and uncertain nations--new pressures of population and deprivation (More Terrible Quotes) I noticed that some of my deadness was being replaced by an intense feeling about the Greek stories and the Bible stories. They were similar. There was something naked about these stories. Terrible things happened, and then some more terrible things. (More Terrible Quotes) I am very lucky to be man because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It’s much more difficult. (More Terrible Quotes) I mean you have been disappointed in love, but don’t you know how many things there are to be disappointed in besides love? You are lucky to be still disappointed in love. Later it may be even more terrible. (More Terrible Quotes) I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It’s terrible for the culture of music. (More Terrible Quotes) Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself (More Terrible Quotes) The greater your dreams, the more terrible your nightmares (More Terrible Quotes) There are much more terrible things than physical injury (More Terrible Quotes) The pomp of death is far more terrible than death itself (More Terrible Quotes) As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible (More Terrible Quotes) Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action (More Terrible Quotes) Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight (More Terrible Quotes) There is nobody more terrible than the desperate (More Terrible Quotes) Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible (More Terrible Quotes) Fear is a tyrant and a despot, more terrible than the rack, more potent than the snake (More Terrible Quotes) Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live (More Terrible Quotes) There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously (More Terrible Quotes) All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first (More Terrible Quotes) Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it (More Terrible Quotes) Strength is incomprehensible by weakness, and, therefore, the more terrible (More Terrible Quotes) Nothing in the world was more terrible than an empty bottle! Unless it was an empty glass (More Terrible Quotes) The expectation of an unpleasantness is more terrible than the thing itself (More Terrible Quotes)

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