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"I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them."
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"If you want to know the value of half a second, ask the person who came second in a sprint event at the Olympics."
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"If you want to know the value of a week ask the editor of a weekly magazine if he fails to meet up with the target of his weekly publication."
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"Gold may shine, but it has no true light."
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"Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another."
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"All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values."
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"Tell me, where in life is there a value that would make us consider suicide uncalled for on principle! Love? Or friendship? I guarantee that friendship is not a bit less fickle than love and it is impossible to build anything on it. Self-love? I wish it were possible."
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"People who do not have a price tag attached to them are priceless."
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"Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward."
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"How we spend our money, however little we have, still reveals what we value."
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"Even the most beautiful girl in the world becomes unsightly without depth of character."
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"I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them."
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"I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'."
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"I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is impossible not to be influenced by if you hold language to be the major element of theatre."
Language
"I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly."
Rejection
"We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets."
Secrets
"When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it."
Behavior
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