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Peter Shaffer

"If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting."

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"When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London."

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"I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role."

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"The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world."

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"To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years."

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"On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them."

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"I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?"

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"I've always wanted to perform on the London stage."

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"On the other hand, all kinds of adventurous schemes to add security checkpoints to subway and bus systems have been circulating since the London attacks. This is nonsense. No one can guaranty 100 percent security."

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"Of course I've done musicals here in London."

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"John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London."

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