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"Yes, the sun's come up over a thousand times." pg.47 |
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| The Stage Manager said this to the audience at the beginning of Act 2. I think it is important because even though three years have gone by, nothing's really changed. |
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"You've got to love life to have life, and you've got to have life to love life... It's what they call a vicious circle." pg.49 |
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| The Stage Manager also says this in his opening speech at the beginning of Act 2. This quote says that while you have life, you don't really appreciate it, and when you finally do appreciate it, you've lost it. |
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"I wish a fellow could get married without all that marching up and down." pg.59 |
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| George Gibbs says this to Mr.Webb. George just wants to get married without the ceremony. He doesn't want the extra drama. |
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"And let that be a lesson to you George, never to ask advice on personal matters." pg.60 |
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| Mr. Webb says this to George Gibbs. You should live your life your way. |
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| "You know how it is: you're twenty-one or twenty two and you make some decisions; then whisssh! you're seventy: you've been a lawyer for fifty years, and that white haired lady at your side has eaten over fifty thousand meals with you." |
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| The Stage Manager says this to the audience. This quote says that after a while things are going so fast, you don't even know it. |
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| "I always expect a man to be perfect and I think he should be." |
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| Emily Webb says this to George Gibbs. Nobody is perfect. Everyone will make mistakes in their life. It's impossible not to. |
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"Grover's Corner's isn't a very important place when you think of all-New Hampshire; but I think it's a very nice town." |
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| Emily Webb says this to George Gibbs. You may think you are so big in the world, but if you think about it there are millions of other people in the world, and you are just a fraction of a whole. |
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| "I guess new people aren't any better than old one's" |
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| George Gibbs says this to Emily Webb. Don't forget about an old friend just because you think a new one is cooler. |
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| "M....marries N....millions of them." |
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| The Stage Manager says this to the audience. We are all alike as much we are different. We all do the same routine. |
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| "The important thing is to be happy." |
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| Mrs. Soames says this to the Congregation/ Audience. No matter what you do in life, it should be something you want and something that will make you happy, NOT others. |
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