August Wilson Quotes
My first wife is a good woman, I still can't say nothing bad about her other than the fact that we had a difference on religion. She wanted someone who was a Muslim who shared those values. And I was like a heathen. I had to stay home on Sundays and watch the football game.
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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Ever since it was announced that Ryan Murphy intended to produce 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' I have been inundated with the question as to 'How do I feel about it?' All I can say is, for me, it was personally the most heartbreaking tragedy that altered my life forever.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I think most people have creative ideas and have very strange, unorthodox impulses of things that they can do with their lives. I've had many of these over the years, but I decided the more important question was, 'When did I start calling this art?'
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I got lost but look what I found.
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Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.
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A noble soul and real poetic talent are almost always inseparable.
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There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
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Every year, I say the Seahawks are going to win the Super Bowl. There's no doubt in my mind every single year. And you have to keep in mind this was well before the Seahawks were good. This was, like, 2-14, drafting-Rick-Mirer Seahawks. I would still be saying they were going to win the Super Bowl.
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Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
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Chaos is rejecting all you have learned. Chaos is being yourself.
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When you come up with a good idea, you don't have to do a whole lot. The idea does it for you.
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In this case, I realize that, unlike when I was 22 years old, I realize now that football will not go on forever, it is a small part of your life.
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My first wife is a good woman, I still can't say nothing bad about her other than the fact that we had a difference on religion. She wanted someone who was a Muslim who shared those values. And I was like a heathen. I had to stay home on Sundays and watch the football game.
