Jean Genet Quotes

A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.

Jean Genet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986

Topics

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'Chicago Fire' has been a wonderful outlet for me. We're thrown into the gritty streets of Chicago working among actual first responders. They're a wonderful bunch, and the sense of community among Midwesterners is very similar to Australians.

Jesse Spencer

CommunityFireMeChicagoFirst

All the writers and producers around us that gave us the environment where we could play. They were able to provide us with a place where we could take chances to play with things, go against the grain and do things that people don't always do.

Matthew Ashford

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If Barack Obama is elected, I'll be moving out of the country.

Stephen Baldwin

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When you have a lot of gay friends, you don't think of that as being different or divisive or weird; that's just your reality.

Shura

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Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.

Robert Englund

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It's about the learning, because obviously I learn more when I fail than when I win.

Jason Day

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Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage anyone interested in a rewarding college experience or military career to apply as soon as possible.

Chris Cannon

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The Chinese foreign ministry has said more than once that I am a free person. Did I do anything wrong by leaving my home?

Chen Guangcheng

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Kids flourish if we get them to school every day.

Connie Smith

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You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson.

Christina Ricci

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Peter Rabbit's not a rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a proxy for the child who reads the book, and they imagine themselves in the rabbit's position.

Chris Van Allsburg

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When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called Maggie Shephard-King. She inspired me to audition for the role of Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

Brenton Thwaites

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