Dawn Powell Quotes

The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).

Dawn Powell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 28, 1896 - November 14, 1965

Topics

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It wasn't until I was 35 or 36, when I wrote 'Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,' that I began to get some notoriety, though I only made $5,000.

John Patrick Shanley

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Dance is such a stressful environment.

Mia Wasikowska

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A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can suddenly turn and get a bit angry.

Michael Sheen

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I don't like attention.

Milo Ventimiglia

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I don't end up writing songs in my journals, but I'm sure that my ability to write songs has been helped by how consistently and impulsively I try to get my life into words through the journals.

Lucy Dacus

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I just can't wait to get out there on stage. There's no anxiety at all. I love being able to take this journey with the audience, because we all have a ball with it - even if we're crying.

Loretta Swit

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I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.

Jason Statham

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Our nation's anti-hunger programs need to be strengthened.

Jose Serrano

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I pay attention to the news. I take the 'New York Times.' I do the Saturday crossword.

Dick Van Dyke

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Read with care, George Orwell's diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our understanding of how Orwell transmuted the raw material of everyday experience into some of his best-known novels and polemics.

Christopher Hitchens

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I don't think I can remember a moment in my life where people didn't discuss politics. People discuss politics at the table.

Connie Nielsen

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I wouldn't say that 'The Fabric of the Cosmos' is a book on cosmology. Cosmology certainly plays a big part, but the major theme is our ever-evolving understanding of space and time, and what it all means for our sense of reality.

Brian Greene

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