Screen Actors Guild Award For Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor in A Drama Series

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—Faye J. Crosby (20th century)

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—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

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—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Still be kind,
And eke out our performance with your mind.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

“Today the young actors regard their environment with rage and disgust. They regard their Master not as disciples regard their Master, but as slaves regard their Master.”
—Judith Malina (b. 1926)

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—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)

“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)