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“if the actor gave his performance without knowing that he was in a play, then his tears would be real tears and his life a real life. And whenever I think of this pain and joy that rise up in me, I am carried away by the knowledge that the game I am playing is the most serious and exciting there is.”
― Notebooks, 1935-1951
― Notebooks, 1935-1951
“A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.”
― Encouraging Children to Learn
― Encouraging Children to Learn
“The wish to gain complete possession of somebody is expressed most plainly by jealousy. Jealousy is never a sign of love. It only indicates fear of not being able to hold another person.”
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“The peculiar vanity of man, who wants to believe and who wants other people to believe that he is seeking after truth, when in fact it is love that he is asking the world to give him.”
― Notebooks, 1935-1951
― Notebooks, 1935-1951
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