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Famous quotes containing the words comic, opera and/or french:

    “Good manners, Madam, are had these days not
    For your asking, nor mine, nor what-we-used-to-be’s.
    The day is a loud grenade that bursts a smile
    Of serious weeds in a comic lily plot....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “Are you suggesting that we reopen the Opera with a murder as an added attraction?”
    —Eric Taylor, Leroux, and Arthur Lubin. Lecours (Fritz Feld)

    “Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you’re trying to escape?”
    —Marilyn French (b. 1929)