Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth. - David Hare

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When they speak, dead frogs fall out of their mouths. - David Hare

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Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature. - David Hare

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The actual business of writing dialogue is not thought of as a craft. - David Hare

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Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. - David Hare

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Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.- David Hare

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The one thing that 'Via Dolorosa' has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion. - David Hare

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The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. - David Hare

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Officials at the London Olympics will be conducting 5,000 tests for steroids. Or as Lance Armstrong calls that, 'a Monday.' — Jimmy Fallon

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Are we simply waving farewell to the days when some of the most interesting thinking in Europe and America came to us from our fiction film-makers? BBC2, which once introduced and showed great films, now shows none. - David Hare

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