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"I couldn't believe verse was supposed to be hard. It was a snap for me. I loved Shakespeare."

"Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you? - What? - Is there not sad stuff? What? - What?"

"With Westerns you have the landscape is important, and it's empty, and only you populate it. When you populate it, you can tell any kind story that Shakespeare told, you can tell in a Western."

"In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced."

"Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare."

"We have cut the text, but what remains are Shakespeare's words."

"I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition."

"Shakespeare was not meant for taverns, nor for tavern louts."
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"Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional."

"The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children."
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