August Wilson Quotes

A novelist writes a novel, and people read it. But reading is a solitary act. While it may elicit a varied and personal response, the communal nature of the audience is like having five hundred people read your novel and respond to it at the same time. I find that thrilling.

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've never, ever had people being aggressive to me in public or abusing me, and actually quite a lot of men do say to me, 'You're quite good' - though they can't bear to go, 'You're great.'

Jo Brand

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I love what I do for a living, but the other side, that aspect of being famous or a celebrity's got zero interest to me.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it's terrific stress release.

Tony Abbott

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The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.

Ronald Reagan

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Ballet Beautiful is about finding balance and making fitness a part of your life in a happy, healthy, rewarding way where you get to feel pretty and look beautiful. It's not about beating yourself up in the gym and locking yourself in a dark room with blasting music.

Mary Helen Bowers

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Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.

Mary Kay Ash

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By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward.

Mikhail Bakunin

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Success is like a lightning bolt. It'll strike you when you least expect it, and you just have to keep the momentum going. You have to strike when the iron is hot. So for me, I just kept striking and striking to polish out the sword that I was making.

Michelle Phan

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In many ways, I feel I'm still as physically fit as I was 20 years ago because I've always been athletic.

Michelle Yeoh

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Rave music sounds like an electronic disco version of '30s Universal monster movies.

Mojo Nixon

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You've read the Torah, right? So you know the Torah defines marriage as being between one man and one woman.

Josh Mandel

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I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail.

Dr. Dre

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