August Wilson Quotes
I didn't always value the ways black people talked. I thought, in order to make art out of it, you had to change it.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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Sport's hard: the margin between winning and losing is tiny.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.
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Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
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Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on.
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The first complaint we hear from everyone is: 'Why would I want to join this stupid useless thing and know what my brother's eating for lunch?' But that really misses the point because Twitter is fundamentally recipient-controlled - you choose to listen and you choose to leave. But you also choose what to put down and what to share.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov
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I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people.
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As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy.
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I'm not turning my back on music anytime soon, but it's just a blessing to have options open. A lot of artists just have rap, and that's it. But once rap stops, it's hard to get into that Hollywood circle; it really is. It's a whole 'nother beast that people think they're ready for, but they're really not.
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My three best friends get me through everything: I need cute jeans, my kids are driving me crazy, I'm throwing a party, whatever. They keep me dialed in.
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Honestly, I don't buy papers or the weeklies. I think when something messy does happen, you just need your closest friends and family all around you, and it's nothing to do with anyone else.
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I didn't always value the ways black people talked. I thought, in order to make art out of it, you had to change it.
