August Wilson Quotes
Once I started to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them. I just let them start talking.
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I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.
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The only reason I would stay away from a period piece is because sometimes the women are painted in a very stereotypical weakling, wallflower way - that's something I don't want to do. I want to show strength in the women I play, and a journey of some sort.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
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I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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I have to constantly remind myself that I am communicating with a person with hearing loss.
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Never, never did I think I would be in a Disney movie.
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A science fiction movie? I don't know. I think I have made one already... Chasing Amy. Because you go ask any lesbian, that'll never happen. Even if, and probably especially because, the dude is Ben fucking Affleck.
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About 20 per cent of the population believe themselves to have a food allergy and only about five per cent actually do.
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There is something sinister that stems from the fact that freedom and tolerance are so often separated from truth. This is fuelled by the notion, widely held today, that there are no absolute truths to guide our lives. Relativism, by indiscriminately giving value to practically everything, has made 'experience' all-important.
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Once I started to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them. I just let them start talking.
