August Wilson Quotes

Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.

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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For all its power as a protest medium, black Twitter serves a great many users as a virtual place to just hang out.

Jenna Wortham

PowerGreatBlackPlaceOutHang

There's something really simple and idyllic about living in a house very close to the water.

Andrea Riseborough

WaterSimpleHouseLivingSomething

I don't want to go out hunting for dismal topics to write about.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

GoWantHuntingWriteOutDismal

I'm definitely moving more towards directing now.

Andy Serkis

MovingNowMoreDirectingDefinitely

I may not be a polished politician, but as a lifelong farmer, I know that most problems can be solved with a little common sense.

Stephen Fincher

ProblemsCommon SenseFarmerKnow

Katya and I, as a yin and a yang, we pretty much represent the entire, full gambit of talent, you know? Together, there's not really much we can't do.

Trixie Mattel

TogetherTalentYouKnowPrettyYin

I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks.

Totie Fields

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I hate diets and I love eating.

Tracy Anderson

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'No words - action' was the lesson my mother taught me: as artists, we have the privilege of holding a mirror to the world, to engage, to question, to bring beauty to a complex universe.

Mira Nair

BeautyMotherMirrorWordsMeWorld

I really just like making music. People call that 'work.' Like, 'Oh, you're going to the studio to work?' No, that's even what I do in my off day. I love recording.

Juice Wrld

WorkLoveMusicDayPeopleYou

I think, from the broad political spectrum, not just the Freedom Caucus, I think there is a need for internal reform that is how we bring bills up, getting back to regular order, how we offer amendments or don't offer amendments.

Jason Chaffetz

FreedomThinkPoliticalBackNeed

The big breakthrough for me was, once I stopped disliking conservatives and could actually see what they were right about, they showed me a lot of things that liberals were wrong about. But at the same time, I think there are some things that liberals are right about that conservatives have trouble seeing.

Jonathan Haidt

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