“I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I think it must have been absolutely fantastic to have worked in the 50's when you had all of the great Broadway composers and when West Side Story didn't win the Tony Award.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensStoriesWinningSidesHavensWestFantasticAwardsComposerBroadwayWest SideWest Side Story Author:Andrew Lloyd Webber
“As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only of my own countrymen. Greater writers than these also did not receive the prize. I would have been happy - happier - today if the prize had been given to that beautiful writer Isak Dinesen.” IfsHas BeensTodayBeautifulGivenMy OwnGreaterRegretMarkWinnerPrizeAwardsNobelNobel PrizeCountrymenNobel Prize Winners Book:Conversations with Ernest Hemingway Source: Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
“I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.” WantGivingDoeHas BeensCasesCoupleFunctionGive MeKicksAwardsRealisedGrapesSourSour Grapes Author:Emraan Hashmi
“Persuasion is effected through the medium of the hearers, when they shall have been brought to a state of excitement under the influence of speech; for we do not, when influenced by pain or joy, or partiality or dislike, award our decisions in the same way; about which means of persuasion alone, I declare that the system-mongers of the present day busy themselves.” WayMeanHas BeensStatesPainJoyDecisionInfluenceSpeechBusyMediumsExcitementAwardsDislikePersuasionPresent DayPartiality Book:Treatise on Rhetoric: Literally Translated from the Greek Source: Treatise on Rhetoric: Literally Translated from the Greek