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Robert Anderson Quotes

The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play.

Robert Anderson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: american
Birth: April 28, 1917 - February 9, 2009

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Passion Heart Moment Man Look Play

When I started formulating the first Frank comic, I knew I wanted it to be something that was beyond time and specific place. I felt that having the characters speak would tie it to 20th-century America, because that would be the idiom of the language they would use, the language I use.

Jim Woodring

Time Speak Language America Place

At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional confusion with my mother related to our different beliefs. Hers was based in family history, which I didn't know anything about. I always felt hesitant in talking about Chinese culture and American culture.

Amy Tan

Family Mother History Culture Career

I hate being tan.

Stephen Malkmus

Hate Tan Being

I can't have cats around me because they try to steal my energy.

Roseanne Barr

Cats Me Energy Try Because Steal

Much of what Karl Popper contributed to the philosophy of science has now passed into mainstream thought, into the currency of that nebulous, tricky ontology known as 'common sense.'

Liz Williams

Science Thought Common Sense Now

We need policy change, and the most important thing people can do is to contribute and participate in the political process. We have to vote climate change deniers and people who will create subsidies for the fossil fuel industry out of office. We have to protest when bad decisions are being made about fracking or tar sands.

Josh Fox

Change People Decisions Political

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

Dr. Seuss

Imagination Think You Try Right Up

The place of exciting innovation - where the action is - that's Rhode Island!

Donald L. Carcieri

Innovation Action Place Island Where

Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

Chazz Palminteri

Mafia

It was a mistake to think that my views would have been taken on their own terms. It was a mistake to think that my last name wouldn't be a factor.

Christopher Buckley

Mistake Think Name Own Last Been

It's grotesque to believe the body we inhabit we want to inhabit 24/7.

Arca

Believe Body Want Grotesque Inhabit

A lot of people have said that I'm trying to be like Justin Bieber by wearing a hat all the time. But the truth is, I don't like the way my hair looks. It's kind of weird, so I wear a hat all the time to cover it. I've been doing it since I was thirteen.

Austin Mahone

Truth Time Hat People Hair Truth Is