August Wilson Quotes
All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.
Quotes to Explore
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We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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You can always turn a bad kisser into a good one.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
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The people who used to hold the purse strings were a select group of white, middle-aged men, but that's changing, and the more it continues to change, the more we'll see inclusive stories get told.
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If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.
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You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!
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I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.
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I am attracted by almost any French word - written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought 'saucisson' so exquisite that it seemed the perfect name to give a child - until I learned it meant 'sausage!'
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I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.
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We love Cyclops and as you know, we love James. It's a great team and we'll continue the team, obviously.
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Producers and studios know what sells. It's nice to be one of the guys that can help sell a movie by taking his shirt off.
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When I was getting close to being accepted for pilot training, I was allowed to get in a jet airplane. I sat there looking at all those switches and dials and I got the distinct feeling that I was sitting in the nose of bomb. I realized my fantasies of flying and fighting were just that - fantasies.
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What makes this danger so terrible is that humans tip the balance of your world. No other species can make such a difference, for good or ill. If humans can live in harmony with other forms of life, the world rejoices. If not, the world suffers--and may not survive.
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Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!
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All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.
