Ariel Dorfman Quotes

There's a tendency, especially among revolutionaries, to only show the good side of yourself and then when you come to power, the bad side comes out.

Ariel Dorfman

Recitation: by Male by Female

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GoodPowerYourselfYouBadOut

People would come to me and say, 'Jet, your Kung Fu is pretty good, do you want to be an action star when you grow up?' At 17, I was given the script and I went to make the movie.

Jet Li

GoodPeopleMeActionGrowYou

Not that many people, even contemporary writers, write about right now.

Anna Deavere Smith

PeopleNowWriteRightEvenMany

The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement.

Anna Lindh

FreedomImportantMovementDealMost

Men mark the passion of Christ, and print it on their heart somewhat to follow it. It was the most voluntary passion that ever was suffered, and the most painful. It was most voluntary, and so most meritorious.

John Wycliffe

PassionHeartMenFollowPainful

I feel there's something about becoming a character that helps people understand themselves.

Amy Carlson

CharacterPeopleFeelUnderstand

In a lot of TV shows out there, the women are the weak ones, and the men are the strong ones.

Sophie Turner

WomenMenStrongWeakOutWomen Are

The greatest thing that ever happened to me in my life was being allowed to do business in Macau and in China. I love it here. It has been the greatest single event in my commercial career. Period.

Steve Wynn

LifeLoveBusinessMeMy LifeChina

What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material.

Trey Parker

LookingConnectionsWeirdAlways

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.

Tony Benn

LifeMomentPhotographyMomentsMost

We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning.

Mary Wesley

LearningChildrenDeathMeThinking

There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. Man is the more man - that is, the more divine - the greater his capacity for suffering, or rather, for anguish.

Miguel de Unamuno

LoveHappinessTrue LoveManWorld

The pop industry is so well-practised at channelling young people's creative energy that I think it gets abused.

Johnny Flynn

CreativePeopleEnergyThinkYoung

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