Robert Wilson Quotes

Usually in theater, the visual repeats the verbal. The visual dwindles into decoration. But I think with my eyes. For me, the visual is not an afterthought, not an illustration of the text. If it says the same thing as the words, why look? The visual must be so compelling that a deaf man would sit though the performance fascinated.

Robert Wilson

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EyesWordsManMePerformanceThink

Seaplanes are like the taxis of the Pacific Northwest.

Jimmy Graham

LikeNorthwestPacific

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.

Johan Huizinga

LifeHeroImpossibleKnowNothing

I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you're a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation.

Joel Osteen

GodBelieve In YourselfYourselfYou

Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me.

Meghan O'Rourke

MotherMeLossDieNothingKnowing

Being a comedian, people tell me stuff they shouldn't tell their therapist.

Jeff Foxworthy

PeopleMeTellBeingStuffComedian

Everyone experiences different parts of themselves at different times, these different parts of themselves that come out in different settings.

Amandla Stenberg

EveryoneOutExperiencesDifferent

There is this myth, that America is a melting pot, but what happens in assimilation is that we end up deliberately choosing the American things - hot dogs and apple pie - and ignoring the Chinese offerings.

Amy Tan

EndAmericanAmericaApplePieHot

I've never personally had to use a Planned Parenthood. But I have many friends who have and do and did, and I think it's important that that access be there for everyone.

Shonda Rhimes

ThinkFriendsImportantNeverWho

There's no album in 2016 that's better than my album.

Tory Lanez

BetterThanAlbum

It's like there's the rest of the world, and then there's America. Part of the reason I would really love continue to making music over here because so much of American music has inspired me, whether it's Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen.

Tom Odell

LoveMusicMeWorldRestAmerican

As the White House doors are slammed in the face of the average American, I want to know if they will still swing wide open for Hollywood and the liberal elite. Will Jay-Z and Beyonce still get to stop by for a tour, or will they be denied like those who aren't rich and famous?

Tom Graves

FaceRichAmericanDoorsHouseStop

Sometimes when you speak what's on your mind - I'm talking everything on your mind, and - people can get a misconception of you.

Rozonda Thomas

PeopleMindSpeakTalkingYouGet

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