August Wilson Quotes

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

August Wilson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 27, 1945 - October 2, 2005

Topics

WorkForgivenessYourselfDemons

I do believe that unless we start reaching out to minorities and women and honestly start supporting the LGBT community, there is no more future for the Republican party.

Meghan McCain

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Today, as an independent, an entrepreneur, and a former mayor, I believe we need a president who is a problem solver, not a bomb thrower. Someone who can bring members of Congress together to get things done. And I know Hillary Clinton can do that because I saw it firsthand.

Michael Bloomberg

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When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

John Ruskin

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I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

Socrates

LiveManHonestPoliticianReally

I think I understand the relationships between different people within the company: people who are straightforward employees, people who can impact the bottom line, and people who share in the bottom line. I don't think you can understand inequality in America unless you understand what's driving profitability.

Tom Steyer

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When I was coming up, I was, and am, producing, mixing, mastering, and writing everything. I would say that all the time. For one, self-sufficiency is a message that should be put out there: you don't have to outsource everything. Two, I'm proud of it.

Russ

TimeWritingProudYouSayOut

I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much greater preponderance of work then than there is now.

Don Cheadle

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One always hopes that you're going to have influence and staying power, but you never know.

Chris Frantz

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When I was about to graduate, I asked myself, 'What could you do every day and never get sick of?' My answer was really simple: Make cookies.

Christina Tosi

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More than anything, we must do better for our children's education.

Cory Booker

EducationChildrenBetterMoreMust

My number one thing to work on is not being reactive - but appropriateness doesn't come easily to me sometimes.

Courtney Love

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I don't mind being slightly fat-ish, I just don't want to be fat.

Chris O'Dowd

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