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Thornton Wilder Quotes

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

Thornton Wilder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 17, 1897 - December 7, 1975

Topics

Love Bridge Survival Meaning Living

In the '50s, a lot of stories were built around radiation and the proliferation of new technology. In the '70s, there were a lot of stories that dealt with the Vietnam War. So comic books have always been a reflection of the times we live in.

Live Technology Reflection War New

Think about a guy like Bob Mitchum, with his kind of chest gut not defining itself one way or the other. Was there anybody tougher? Lee Marvin was a marine sniper during the Second World War. They had this sense of themselves, and they had this product of being a man in a masculine way.

Man War World Think Kind Way

I had three jobs in college. The best day of my life was when I paid off my student loans, on my own.

Jessica Seinfeld

Life Best Day College My Life Three

Your creativity before it gets formed into words and songs is the actual substance. No one else can see it, right? Unless you give it the shape of a song or a painting or whatever.

Creativity Words Painting Song You

A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations. As you become more famous, people come and expect to hear something extraordinary, so you don't want to disappoint them. I feel this sense of responsibility.

Fear Responsibility People Voice You

Facebook is teachable. If you hide items, you'll see fewer of those kinds of items in the future. Like more items, and you'll see more of those in the future.

Future You Hide More See Facebook

It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.

Change Myself Hate Peace Mom Long

I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.

Michael Morpurgo

Doing Knowing Without Head Up Well

I'm attracted to things that make a point or have a certain point of view, but it's not a conscious thing that I decide to do every morning. Unconsciously, what I like has a social commentary in it, or it's about race, or it's risky to do. That's what I like doing.

Morning View Doing Point Of View

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work.

Work Travel I Am More Write Degree

I grew up loving Vince Gill. That guy sounds just like his record - or better than his record. I've always been such a fan.

Better Loving Always Up Guy Been

I have always been one to encourage perseverance.

Christina Aguilera

Perseverance Always Been Encourage

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