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Arthur Miller Quotes

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.

Arthur Miller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: american
Birth: October 17, 1915 - February 10, 2005

Topics

Life Commitment Man Tragedy Say

At home, I make a large batch of tomato sauce and freeze it in meal-size portions in freezer bags.

Joe Bastianich

Home Tomato Sauce Freeze Make Large

When the press falls in love, they fall in love hard.

Roger Ailes

Love Fall Hard Press Falls

I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.

Russell Crowe

Life My Life Play Know Chess Ya

I have abused language. I love it, and I abuse it... I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in which it's bent doesn't actually register.

Joss Whedon

Love Language Understanding You Way

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

Jason Gann

Good Great Career Years Some Roles

Whoever it was who said that to philosophize is an exercise in dying was right in more ways than one, for by writing a book, nobody gets younger.

Joseph Brodsky

Writing Book Exercise Nobody Said

I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts.

Joseph Haydn

Great Care Never Quick Writer

After I finished my degree in India in 1980, I came to the U.S. to get a master's, and I was teaching quantum physics to freshmen. As I got my bearings as to what goes on in labs, I understood that to teach, you have to learn.

Dinesh Paliwal

Learn You Physics India Teach Get

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

Dolly Parton

Country Driven Stuff Songs Most

The crux of the matter was... the partnership between Richemont and myself was going sour for personal reasons, and you know, you can't have two people arguing all the time, so it was either my buying him out or him buying me out.

David Tang

Time Myself People Me Partnership

They do say now in cycling that there's no such thing as bad weather - it's bad clothing.

Bradley Wiggins

Weather Bad Now Say Clothing Thing

Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author.

Arthur Miller

Life Game Find Most Pastime Minor