Who said life is not a dress rehearsal

This is your life, not a dress rehearsal. Life is not a rehearsal. Quote Investigator: This is a modern proverb that may not be traceable to an individual. Pastor Lawrence T. Holman of the Church of the Nazarene used the expression as the title of an evening sermon: 1.

In an advertisement for a real estate development in Big Sky, Montana used a version of the adage. The resort area was conceived by Chet Huntley who was a prominent television journalist and anchorman. The ad was aimed at executives looking for homesites offering recreational activities such as skiing, fishing, golf, tennis, and riding.

In March the astrology column of Sydney Omarr began with the following introduction: 3. From a Sagittarian philosopher: Many people seem to live their lives as if this were a dress rehearsal.

This is not a dress rehearsal. This is the real thing. The curtain is up and all the stops are out. You are alive. Start living! In March the film and stage actress Katharine Ross was interviewed in an article that highlighted her recent Golden Globe Award.

Ross employed the adage: 4. In August the popular gossip columnist Liz Smith noted that a version of the proverb appeared on the garments of a stylish designer: 5. In top quotation expert and BBC broadcaster Nigel Rees saw a version of the saying in graffiti form: 6. The website quotes. The phrase is ascribed to a British author based on a citation dated in the Sunday Correspondent of London: 7.

A edition of a book by the self-help author and motivational speaker Wayne W. Dyer included an instance of the maxim: 8. The actor and hip hop artist Aubrey Drake Graham records music under the name Drake: 9. In conclusion, currently, the earliest instance of the proverb found by QI was written as a sermon title by pastor Lawrence T.

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