Arthur Miller Quotes
The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different places and moments. I can almost tell what the political situation in a country is when the play is suddenly a hit there - it is either a warning of tyranny on the way or a reminder of tyranny just past.
Quotes to Explore
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young and can have the bright future they deserve.
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The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
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A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.
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I've completely fallen in love with the U.K., and I'd love to spend a couple of months a year there.
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I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I've learned that I didn't want to do. There are those directors who've really made me shine and others who've made me opaque.
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I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.
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Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don't really want to learn any other part of it, or they would. Directing and producing and putting a show together is very creative, for me.
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I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in the coming year. We'd like to shoot through the seasons because of the passage of time. This project is the great love of my life.
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I think, in a lot of ways, we underestimate how much clothing plays a part in achieving our identities and in how we want the world to deal with us.
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I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.
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One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces.
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Apart from the emergency aid we provide to alleviate the sufferings of victims of natural disasters, calamities and crises, we worked for transforming U.A.E.'s charity activities into an institutional activity with an aim of making them more effective and sustainable.
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For the past seven years we have been cracking down on crime in Missouri, passing tougher laws for drug crimes and sex offenses and requiring prisoners to serve more time.
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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.
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My husband was working as principal of an urban transformation high school - the kind of public charter school determined to do whatever it takes to give its mostly minority, low-income student body the education they need and deserve to be successful in life.
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The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different places and moments. I can almost tell what the political situation in a country is when the play is suddenly a hit there - it is either a warning of tyranny on the way or a reminder of tyranny just past.
