Thornton Wilder Quotes

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ it to say: 'This moral truth can be learned from beholding this action.'

Thornton Wilder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I can't stress this enough: The single thing that will guarantee a happy, fulfilled, and calmer life is the quality of your human relationships, especially the people you love and who love you back.

Joanna Coles

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When you think about your heritage, you think about toughness and hard work.

Jeff Garcia

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I think the job of movie reviewing can be really tough. If a film has layers that need to be thought about, it's easy to get missed the first time around.

Roland Joffe

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Raising the traditional and early retirement ages will mean extending workers' taxable earning years, fueling economic growth and putting a dent in our unfunded-liabilities crisis by delaying payouts.

Michelle Malkin

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There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.

Jonathan Swift

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A lot of the work I've done has involved playing quite sympathetic characters.

Johnny Flynn

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I had this contract to write songs for people when I was about 18. I don't think any of them were taken up; I was a complete failure at it! But I've kept doing it, writing little songs for myself.

Douglas Hodge

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I always wanted to make sure my parents didn't have to work again for the rest of their lives.

Deion Sanders

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When I was a kid, and I was watching TV, I just loved it so much that I wanted to crawl into that TV.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

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I like to play around with mixing high-end with more affordable pieces.

Ashley Madekwe

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I want to continue to produce film, television, and theater, and to make the most amazing music that I've made in my life.

Alicia Keys

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I wish I could be Peter Falk.

Ryan Gosling

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