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| John James Osborne was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and critic of The Establishment. The stunning success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre. In a productive life of more than 40 years, Osborne explored... |
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![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=21673&author=Osborne"e=++They+spend+their+time+looking+forward+to+the+past.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=23660&author=Osborne"e=++Here+we+are%2C+we%27re+alone+in+the+universe%2C+there%27s+no+God%2C+it+just+seems+that+it+all+began+by+something+as+simple+as+sunlight+striking+on+a+piece+of+rock.+And+here+we+are.+We%27ve+only+got+ourselves.+Somehow%2C+we%27ve+just+got+to+make+a+go+of+it.+We%27ve+only+ourselves.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=27592&author=Osborne"e=++What+are+we+hoping+to+get+out+of+it%2C+what%27s+it+all+in+aid+of+--+is+it+really+just+for+the+sake+of+a+gloved+hand+waving+at+you+from+a+golden+coach%3F&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=28007&author=Osborne"e=++The+whole+point+of+a+sacrifice+is+that+you+give+up+something+you+never+really+wanted+in+the+first+place.+People+are+doing+it+around+you+all+the+time.+They+give+up+their+careers%2C+say+--+or+their+beliefs+--+or+sex.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=43028&author=Osborne"e=++We+all+of+us+waited+for+him+to+die.+The+family+sent+him+a+check+every+month%2C+and+hoped+he%27d+get+on+with+it+quietly%2C+without+too+much+vulgar+fuss.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=102694&author=Osborne"e=Also+attributed+to+Christopher+Hampton+by+the+Sunday+Times+Magazine%2C+October+16%2C+1977.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=102695&author=Osborne"e=Archie+Rice%3A+Don%27t+clap+too+hard+%E2%80%93+it%27s+a+very+old+building.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=102696&author=Osborne"e=Archie+Rice%3A+I%27m+dead+behind+these+eyes.+I%27m+dead%2C+just+like+the+whole+inert%2C+shoddy+lot+out+there.+It+doesn%27t+matter+because+I+don%27t+feel+a+thing%2C+and+neither+do+they.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=102697&author=Osborne"e=Archie+Rice%3A+Let+me+know+where+you%27re+working+tomorrow+night+and+I%27ll+come+and+see+you.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=102698&author=Osborne"e=John+Osborne+spoke+out+in+a+vein+of+ebullient%2C+free-wheeling+rancour+that+betokened+the+arrival+of+something+new+in+the+theatre+%E2%80%93+a+sophisticated%2C+articulate+lower-class.+Most+of+the+critics+were+offended+by+Jimmy+Porter%2C+but+not+on+account+of+his+anger%3B+a+working-class+hero+is+expected+to+be+angry.+What+nettled+them+was+something+quite+different%3A+his+self-confidence.+This+was+no+envious+inferior+whose+insecurity+they+could+pity.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}