George C. Wolfe Quotes
To me, 'Show Boat' was the first American musical, the first to have the real texture of this country.
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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Because we're in a small town and somewhat isolated from the fast lane of high tech, we've been able to grow and concentrate on our work instead of being distracted by the competition and getting caught up in the soap opera of Silicon Valley.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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I'm a bit of a fashion magpie.
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When I came to MSNBC, its identity as the place for politics was growing.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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There's always that stigma of, 'Women shouldn't box,' or stereotypes of what a female boxer should look like. I don't think the men really have to deal with that - to tell people they're a boxer.
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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I don't see myself as the perfect person at all.
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The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists.
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Wonder Woman is most definitely a feminist, or a humanist, in no uncertain terms. Her prime goal in life is to teach peaceful coexistence and equality.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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If you lost the love of your life, that's a nightmare.
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The American formula for creating business is not to have the government create business.
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To me, 'Show Boat' was the first American musical, the first to have the real texture of this country.
