August Wilson Quotes

I had always been fascinated with Napoleon because he was a self-made emperor; Victor Hugo said, 'Napoleon's will to power,' and it was the title of my paper. And I submitted it to my teacher, and he didn't think I had written it. And he wanted me to explain it to him.

August Wilson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks you're wonderful, and then with middle age, something happens and you go into the wilderness.

Jeffrey Tate

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I know so many women, comic geniuses. Where are the parts?

Melanie Mayron

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They also serve who only stand and wait.

John Milton

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I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

Jean Giraudoux

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No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen.

John Schlesinger

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For my senior prom, my father finally said I could go - as long as I was home by 9 P.M.! That was around the time that most people were heading out. When I was little I was so mad at them all the time. 'Why can't I do this?' 'Why are there so many rules?' But looking back now, my parents gave me the foundation to have so many choices in life.

Amy Chua

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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

Sun Tzu

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You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.

Steven Pinker

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It is easily and often overlooked that when Thomas Jefferson asserted that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable human rights, he did so on the ground that they had been endowed by God, our Creator.

Tom Stoppard

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I am starting to look like and perform like the Lou that I used to be.

Lou Gramm

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I'm a writer; I like to retain subtlety and nuance.

Lois Lowry

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