Euripides Quotes
Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
Quotes to Explore
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Truth in drama is forever elusive. You never quite find it, but the search for it is compulsive. The search is clearly what drives the endeavour. The search is your task.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film star in the '20s with the silent films where they used a lot of key lighting, and make-up carved out your face.
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When I was a baby feminist, leading feminist thinkers were insisting that if women ran the world, there would be no sadism or war.
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I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.
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I really fought to make my character not a stereotype. I play a soap star with dyed blonde hair.
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Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.
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Bullies always have another target.
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What's so great about DreamWorks is that it's run by filmmakers who believe that if it's not broke, don't fix it.
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Growth doesn't hurt. This is what I've learned. In the end, it doesn't hurt. It hurts while it's happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, it's not a bad - not a bad thing to try for.
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Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.
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I think the future takes care of itself.
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You don't know where life takes you.
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When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.
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I think abortion is murder.
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I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me.
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It doesn't happen that way.
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My parents broke many rules, so I guess thinking 'outside the box' has been slowly but surely developing in my family - one generation to the next.
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All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort - a sustained effort - to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.
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Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
