Tony Kushner Quotes
It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I think I'm a bit odd.
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A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the first hydrogen peroxide ingestion patient they had ever seen.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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I feel crazy that me sticking with my dreams actually worked. It's wild and incredible.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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If David Duke got the percentage of the vote that Le Pen got, we would be terrified, as well we should be.
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I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne Dorsey and Dani Barton, created an environment where interaction was important.
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If you are prepared for some risk, junk bonds pay about 5%, but they tend to get whacked when interest rates rise. Same with lower-yielding but higher-quality corporate bonds.
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I wanted to move away from Holland for my work because I felt that things would be better for me in England. But when I heard Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures', that pushed me towards making the move and making it real. I met them within 12 days of moving to England.
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One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.
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It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.
