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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The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors.
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I truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him.
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Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can't be done.
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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.
