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Robert Wilson Quotes

The first year I was in New York, I met Martha Graham. She said, 'Well, Mr. Wilson, what do you want to do in life?' I was 21 years old, and I said, 'I have no idea.' And she said, 'If you work long enough and hard enough, you'll find something.'

Robert Wilson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: October 4, 1941

Topics

Life Work New York Enough Year You

In 'Bayou Magic,' I write about African goddess-mermaids who accompanied slaves to America.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

America Magic Write Slaves Who

A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.

Jill Scott

Time Lucky Up Just Pregnant Were

The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.

John Lee Hooker

Me Blues Play Will Way Something

You are no less or more of a man or a woman or a human for having depression than you would be for having cancer or cardiovascular disease or a car accident.

Matt Haig

Car Depression Woman Man You Human

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

John Ruskin

Civilization Making Civil Persons

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

Spike Lee

Music History World America Violence

I don't think I can do this anymore.

Simon Cowell

Think I Can Anymore

I invest in black-led startups not because of a sense of charity. I make those investments because of the basic principle of supply and demand and the reality that black entrepreneurs typically lack the network to have their deals become bid up and overvalued.

Troy Carter

Black Reality Charity Become Up

The Soviet Union collapsed without a lot of people thinking it should or would, whereas for Estonia, it was something we'd been praying for for 60 years.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

People Thinking Years Without Soviet

I have prayed with the families and wept at the funerals of Hoosiers who did not shrink from 9-11 but grew into heroes whose names will forever be engraved in the heart of a grateful nation.

Mike Pence

Heart Grateful Will Nation Heroes

Luckily, I have a fast metabolism.

Lucky Blue Smith

Fast Metabolism Luckily

Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

Christoph Waltz

Good Home Villain You Need Guy