A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform, which they know is but earth or stone; nor of a cannon, which, without a hand to give fire to it, is but cold iron; therefore a whole army is afraid of one man.
When you're starting out as an actor, you keep raising the stakes. First, you just want to be a character who comes on stage and gets a laugh or two and exits. Just five minutes on a stage, not even Broadway. But every time you say your little prayer at night, you place more demands.
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Cass Elliot, Musician (1941) |
Walter Elliot, Politician (1888) |
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Frances Farmer, Actress (1913) |
Thomas John Barnardo, Celebrity (1905) |
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Francis Darwin, Scientist (1925) |
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