August Strindberg Quotes

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me.

August Strindberg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: January 22, 1849 - May 14, 1912

Topics

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I wanted to become president, and I wanted to become an astronaut. Because I was really good at math.

Joel Embiid

GoodBecomePresidentMathBecause

I don't like to have a calm, orderly, quiet place to work. I often compose while driving, compose in my head. It is true that I wrote my little book, 'The Sounds of Poetry, A Brief Guide,' almost entirely in airplanes and airport departure lounges.

Robert Pinsky

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I love buildings that aren't purpose-built.

Miranda Otto

LoveBuildingsI Love

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

Joseph Campbell

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Now they call in all of the authority figures they can find and hire them - the cost has gone up. The picture may or may not get better, but definitely, it gets more cumbersome.

Don Bluth

BetterPictureFindNowAuthority

If you do good work, it tends to stick around. People still come up to me and say, 'The Ref' is my favorite Christmas movie.'

Denis Leary

WorkGoodPeopleMeGood WorkYou

I'm going to obviously do my best as a father to set a good example for my children, and I want them to see good examples from our leaders.

Brad Paisley

GoodFatherChildrenBestWantSee

It was very punk rock for me to take a stab at working with Justin Bieber. I don't know how people portray that, or 'Climax,' for that matter. But for me, it was the most adventurous thing I could have done at that exact moment.

Ariel Rechtshaid

MomentPeopleMeKnowDoneRock

There are definitely a lot of roles I didn't get based off of the way I look, but I'm not going to let that stop me. I'm going to write stories for myself or work with filmmakers who want to tell stories about real people.

Alia Shawkat

WorkMyselfPeopleMeLookStop

Part of our tradition as black women is that we are universalists. Black children, yellow children, red children, brown children, that is the black woman's normal, day-to-day relationship. In my family alone, we are about four different colors.

Alice Walker

FamilyWomenRelationshipChildren

When I was 19, I went door to door selling long-distance phone service to put myself through school. I was studying to become a computer graphic technician. I always got strangers saying, 'You should model; you should act.' A co-worker finally said, 'Go see this acting coach.'

Lyriq Bent

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Indigenous lives matter.

Justin Trudeau

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