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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I couldn't believe it! I mean, I'd always dreamed of acting on the screen - my previous background was all theater - but I wasn't sure if the opportunity would ever present itself. Not only was this acting for the screen, this was acting in 'The Hunger Games!' I knew that I had to give this audition my all.
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¿Tienen algo que ver con los intereses de los humildes las querellas retóricas de los partidos burgueses?
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No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid holding a conversation with an adult. He probably doesn't know the words he's saying, but he knows where to fit them to make what he's thinking logical to what you're saying.
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My mother was 14 when she was in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. My mother’s alive and well, but only because of America. Without America’s military, the world would be in deep… fill-in-the-blank. I’m forever grateful for that.
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There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever.
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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.
