David Auburn Quotes
Spending time with math people is a lot of fun. As a result of the play, I've had semi-drunken dinners with mathematicians all over the country. I recommend the experience.
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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I was born and brought up in the countryside. I used to live in a sort of converted stables on the grounds of a castle, and I spent a lot of my childhood running around with a pretend sword pretending to be Robert the Bruce.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
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My memories of events and games are fragmented.
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America has absorbed people from around the world, and there is an Indian in every part of the world. This characterizes both the societies. Indians and Americans have co-existed in their natural temperament.
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My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine.
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I think plays have nothing to do with one's own personal life. Not in my experience, anyway. The stuff of drama has to do, not with your subject matter, anyway, but with how you treat it. Drama includes pain, loss, regret - that's what drama is about!
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Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.
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Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs. Many people today resent the suggestion that they’re in charge of the way they feel.Those people are mistaken. That was a big lesson and I learned it several hundred times before it stuck. What you do, who you’re with, and how you feel about the world around you, is completely up to you.
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Spending time with math people is a lot of fun. As a result of the play, I've had semi-drunken dinners with mathematicians all over the country. I recommend the experience.
