103 Quotes About Hamlet

  • Author Shakespeare
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    Exposing what is mortal and unsureTo all that fortune, death, and danger dare,Even for an eggshell. Rightly to be greatIs not to stir without great argument,But greatly to find quarrel in a strawWhen honor's at the stake

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  • Author Robert McKee
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    You might forget the day you saw a dead body in the street, but the death of Hamlet haunts you forever.

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  • Author Barbara Hamby
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    Old Hamlet asks, "What is this quintessence of dust?"Dust it's a dry word, with Saharas of spacebetween each letter.

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  • Author Jasper Fforde
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    First you say you’re fine, then you say you’re not. We call it “Hamlet Syndrome”- and attempt to get your own way by feigning insanity, generally by saying what comes into your head and dithering a lot. Mind you,’ he added thoughtfully, ‘it works a lot better if you’re a prince.

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  • Author Jasper Fforde
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    First you say you’re fine, then you say you’re not. We call it “Hamlet Syndrome”- an attempt to get your own way by feigning insanity, generally by saying what comes into your head and dithering a lot. Mind you,’ he added thoughtfully, ‘it works a lot better if you’re a prince.

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  • Author Henry Miller
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    I can never forget that Chinese student I knew in Paris - Mr. Tcheou, I think it was. One day, upon asking him if he had ever read Hamlet, he answered: "You mean that novel by Jack London?

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