Tony Kushner Quotes

You have to have hope. It's irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think it's irresponsible to simply be a nihilist, which quite a lot of playwrights, especially playwrights younger than me, have become guilty of.

Tony Kushner

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If all I did was pretend I was Wilderness Jimmy, I would go stale. You know, I fish maybe 100 days of the year and bird-hunt, but if I didn't go to Paris once or twice a year, I'd be crazy.

Jim Harrison

CrazyWildernessFishYearYouKnow

You knew after eight bars that you were hearing something just absolutely new and unique.

Jo Stafford

YouUniqueNewHearingSomething

I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and lives can be lost.

John O. Brennan

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When I was a little girl growing up in Elmira, I always wanted to be a lawyer.

Jeanine Pirro

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I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

Jeff Bezos

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Many of life's problems and sorrows are inevitable, but feeling sorry for yourself is a choice.

Amy Morin

LifeYourselfSorryProblemsChoice

I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded about the dance, or the dance company. I would really just love to collaborate on that.

Tori Amos

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Cats don't like change without their consent.

Roger Caras

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Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

Roberto Duran

TimeMeRingSomebodyWantedEvery

The Constitution is designed to inconvenience one person from taking us to war. War is a very solemn and sobering and extraordinary act, and it should not be granted to one person.

Ron Dellums

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Felons are typically stripped of the very rights supposedly won in the civil rights movement, including the right to vote, the right to serve on juries, and the right to be free of legal discrimination in employment, housing, access to education, and public benefits. They're relegated to a permanent undercaste.

Michelle Alexander

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Richard Kerry not only was a pilot in World War II, but was a civil servant. He did not come from money.

Douglas Brinkley

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