Lindsey Davis - People Quotes

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You're not bloody Aristophanes, and the people who are paying for tickets are not educated Athenians. We're acting for turnips who only come to talk to their cousins and fart. We have to give them a lot of action and low-level jokes, but you can leave all that to us on stage. We know what's required. Your job is to hone the basic framework and remember the simple motto: short speeches, short lines, short words.

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Words are real if other people think they understand their meaning.

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'Do you kill people?'
'Not regularly. It's too much trouble making my peace with the gods afterwards.'

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The world is full of people slandering their birthplaces, as if they really believe that small-town life is different elsewhere.

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