Gary L. Blackwood Quotes

• This business of friendship was a curious thing, almost as difficult to learn as the busuness of acting. Sometimes you were expected to tell the truth, to express your thoughts and your feelings, and then other times what was wanted was a lie, a bit of disguise.

  Gary L. Blackwood

  Lying, Feelings, Acting

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• It occurred to me, then, how nearly real life resembles the first rehearsal of a play. We are all of us stumbling through it, doing our best to say the proper lines and make the proper moves, but not quite comfortable yet in the parts we've been given. Still, like players who trust that -despite all evidence to the contrary- the whole mess will make sense eventually, we keep on going, hoping that somehow things will work out for the best.

  Gary L. Blackwood

  Real, Moving, Player

  Gary L. Blackwood (2003). “Shakespeare's Spy”, Dutton Childrens Books

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• You imagine that there's no use struggling against fate, that she will always have her way, no matter what we do. But don't you see? It's our very efforts to cheat fate, or to change it, that make things come to pass in the way they were meant to.

  Gary L. Blackwood

  Struggle, Fate, Effort

  Gary L. Blackwood (2003). “Shakespeare's Spy”, Dutton Childrens Books

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• A little fear is good for a fellow, it keeps him from getting over-confident.

  Gary L. Blackwood

  Littles, Over Confident, Fellows

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