August Wilson Quotes
A novelist writes a novel, and people read it. But reading is a solitary act. While it may elicit a varied and personal response, the communal nature of the audience is like having five hundred people read your novel and respond to it at the same time. I find that thrilling.August Wilson
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
Hanya Yanagihara -
I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
Parker Stevenson -
There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
Parker Posey -
They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
Larry King -
Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
Abraham Lincoln -
I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
Yvonne Strahovski
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
Ian Mckellen -
Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
Wendy Kopp -
The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
Oliver Joseph Lodge -
Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
Larry Elder -
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
Oscar Levant -
Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
Yusuf Hamied
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All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.
Wale -
Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
Xenophon -
I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
Felicity Kendal -
When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
Carine Roitfeld -
I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
Patricia Hewitt
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Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
James Joyce -
Whenever I have any beauty doubts, I always look up the Internet for solutions and remedies!
Krystle D'Souza -
It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.
Hal Sparks -
Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans.
Barney Frank -
A novelist writes a novel, and people read it. But reading is a solitary act. While it may elicit a varied and personal response, the communal nature of the audience is like having five hundred people read your novel and respond to it at the same time. I find that thrilling.
August Wilson