Hallie Flanagan
the power of radio is not that it speaks to millions, but that it speaks intimately and privately to each one of those millions.Collection: Media
Neither should the theater in our country be regarded as a luxury. It is a necessity because in order to make democracy work the people must increasingly participate; they can't participate unless they understand; and the theater is one of the great mediums of understanding.Collection: Country
The theater, when it is potent enough to deserve its ancestry, is always dangerous; that is why it is instinctively feared by people who do not want change, but only preservation of the status quo.Collection: People
[To actors on opening night:] You have had good equipment to work with. You've had a theater with everything you needed, and you are involved with the play; but all the way through you have been handicapped. One essential has been denied you. Tonight the audience is there; now they are sitting out front; you have everything you need.Collection: Night
Art in America has always been regarded as a luxury.Collection: Art
Democracy ... is never won but always to be won.Collection: Democracy
Youth lives in an atmosphere of energy waiting to make contact.Collection: Waiting