Tony Kushner Quotes
As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.
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I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.
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Occupy Wall Street means making Wall Street and the corporate power elite understand that the people affected by the binge of unregulated greed are not going away, and they are not going to give up.
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We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
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It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people.
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Eliza Factor's first novel, 'The Mercury Fountain,' explores what happens when a life driven by ideology confronts implacable truths of science and human nature. It also shows how leaders can inflict damage by neglecting the real needs of real people.
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I worked in Licorice Pizza when John Lennon was killed. I had the day off, but I came in anyway because people needed a place to mourn.
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What could a smartphone do for me that would make people go out and buy another one?
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After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
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Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home in language.
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I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broken out of that limited audience.
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People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
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I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just kind of know it. And then there's other people's reaction to it.
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We lived in a flat that you could pretty much fit in my current kitchen. No wonder people drink! I can't understand why they don't throw themselves off the balconies.
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People always ask why I stay in the online space versus going to TV or film, like most people would do, and the answer is that there's opportunity for innovation online - not only innovation in storytelling, but also innovation in how you interact with your audience and that is very fulfilling to me personally.
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I am my biggest critic. Even in films where people said they liked me, I have disliked myself.
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Coney Island is and always will be 'the people's playground.' It's a place where people of all backgrounds come to have a good time.
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I think some people have a rare ability to focus. As a player, Earl Thomas has it. When he was at practice or in a game, he was always on; he was right there.
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New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent.
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My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.
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Edward Snowden has inspired changes and awareness, which is very important in this day and age, and sometimes egos need to be set aside, even with powerful people, and we need to look at the full picture.
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I have no connection with Hollywood. I'm not interested. I don't care.
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Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
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As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.
