August Wilson Quotes

Blues is the bedrock of everything I do. All the characters in my plays, their ideas and attitudes, the stance they adopt in the world, are all ideas and attitudes that are expressed in the blues.

August Wilson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I love 'Evil Dead 2!' Who doesn't love 'Evil Dead 2?'

Joe Dante

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I continue to be known as a guy that plays really complex, three-dimensional characters.

Robert Knepper

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I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods.

Steven Tyler

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I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides.

Tony Blair

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After I quit dancing, I tried a lot of jobs. But I could always bake.

Ron Ben-Israel

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I think, basically, we didn't hurt anyone. We were out there having a good time. You can go and get educated, but you can come to 'Hee Haw' and get another education.

Roy Clark

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I'm a big Leonardo DiCaprio fan. And if I could have a career like his... he's amazing. And not only his career, his public persona and how he carries himself.

Luke Benward

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There are laws for peace as well as war.

Livy

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Business is always looking to avoid the toughest norms. But some do it in a civilized way, while others push it using uncivilized, brazen methods.

Dmitry Medvedev

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I don't drive for pleasure. It's purely to get from A to B.

Cornelia Parker

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There's an assumption if you have any faith you vote this way, you vote that way, or you're this, or you're absolutely a conservative, and those just aren't all true.

Corbin Bernsen

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There are lots of lessons to learn from Amazon. Never stop innovating or questioning the fundamentals of your business. Disrupt yourself before others do. Continually motivate employees so that they never get too complacent - see Yahoo, AOL and many other Internet companies for evidence of what happens when they do.

Brad Stone

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