Tony Kushner Quotes
So I think I'll say the obvious thing: theater is ephemeral. When a production is done, it's gone forever. You can take pictures of it. You can make a film of it. But it's not the production. It's not the same thing.

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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
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Most of the time, economic data is fairly benign. I don't wish to imply it is meaningless, but it is not a driver of stock markets. Indeed, the correlation between economic noise and how equity markets perform has been wildly overemphasized.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.
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If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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Practicing medicine is not only my vocation, it gives me an opportunity to continue to be in direct contact with people, to see them and hear their needs.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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As a visual storyteller, a lot is learning what to include so you're not being redundant between images and text.
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You've got no chance of reaching the top if you're just playing for money.
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The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.
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To go back means defeat.
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...every human being has an amount of genius in them.
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Men have discovered their distinctive virtues and vices through grappling with the perennial dilemmas and demands of love, courage, pride, family, and country-the five paths whose proper ordering gives us the key to the secret of happiness for a man.
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Mike Oxley has provided steady, dedicated leadership to House Republicans, and I am grateful for his service.
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I do not believe in democracy, but I am perfectly willing to admit that it provides the only really amusing form of government ever endured by mankind.
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One of the toughest situations to be in is when you are objectively good at something, but realize that it's making you unhappy and unbalanced.
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So I think I'll say the obvious thing: theater is ephemeral. When a production is done, it's gone forever. You can take pictures of it. You can make a film of it. But it's not the production. It's not the same thing.