“There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on the point of view of the dramatist, which, by clever emphasis, he tries to make the point of view of his audience.” TryingDifferencesViewsAudienceComedyMaterialsDependsEssentialsTragedyPoint Of ViewCleverEmphasis Author:George P. Baker
“We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements.” FailingDramaLimitsElementsAppealsPoorest Author:George P. Baker
“What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.” YearsSometimesPlayPeriodsTragedyTragicElizabethan Author:George P. Baker
“When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we reach dramatic literature.” HumansPlayLiteraturePleaseDramaDialogueDramaticRevelationsCharacterization Author:George P. Baker
“The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.” HoursSeriesFinalsDevelopingOperationsQuartersWashing Author:Gabriel Lippmann
“When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.” LightWhiteReflectionShotsColourSelectiveWhite Light Author:Gabriel Lippmann
“In the case of composite colour, an infinity of systems must be obtained for maxima infinitely slight and with an infinity of interval values separating them - that is to say, the whole thickness of the sensitive layer is occupied in continuous manner by these maxima.” WholeValuesCasesSensitiveColourInfinityLayersIntervalsSeparatingCompositesThickness Author:Gabriel Lippmann
“I was the only westerner to succeed in a place that's like a toilet, and you always come out of a toilet with a smell.” SucceedSmellToiletsWesterners Author:David Reuben
“Business in Russia was not being done like in the West, with contracts. In Russia, hundreds of millions of dollars were going forward and backward by word of mouth.” DoneMillionsMouthsDollarsWestRussiaContractsBeing DoneWord Of Mouth Author:David Reuben