August Wilson Quotes

For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else.

August Wilson

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We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.

Madeleine M. Kunin
- Age
- Lazy
- Three
I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.

Macaulay Culkin
- Want
- Fame
- Away
My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.

Kate Voegele
- People
- Life
- Hope
My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.

Gary Oldman
- Good
- Morning
- Tea
Even though I resigned as Papandreou's adviser early in 2006 and turned into his government's staunchest critic during his mishandling of the post-2009 Greek implosion, my public interventions in the debate on Greece and Europe have carried no whiff of Marxism.

Yanis Varoufakis
- Government
- Greek
- Debate
In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.

Jackie Speier
- Food
- California
- Vote