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Marsha Norman Quotes

At the heart of the failure of most plays is the inability to carry on a thoughtful conversation about your work with yourself.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: american
Birth: September 21, 1947

Topics

Work Failure Heart Yourself Carry

It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs.

Government Done Sometimes Reason

My father is an acupuncturist, and the way he practices is very free. For me, he's like an artist. He started to do acupuncture when it wasn't so accepted. His spirit and outlook inspire me.

Father Me Free Inspire Artist Way

Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually.

Privilege Take Being Able Still

It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival.

Nails First Inch Nine Played Until

Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldn't consent to my having music lessons, for she feared I might end up as she had done - unable to play except from paper.

Mary Lou Williams

Love Music Me End Musicians House

Martial arts is something you can learn or pick up and think you could do really well.

Think Learn You Up Arts Something

The companies that won't do well will be the me-too companies: the fifth, sixth, seventh version of Twitter, etc.

Jason Calacanis

Will Well Twitter Version Companies

My years as a therapist working with abuse and neglect families taught me at least one important lesson for my own life. Never judge until you can see through the eyes of that person you are judging, and then... never judge.

Life Eyes Me Judge You Lesson

Transactive memory works best when you have a sense of how your partners' minds work - where they're strong, where they're weak, where their biases lie. I can judge that for people close to me. But it's harder with digital tools, particularly search engines.

Work Best Lie Memory People Me

In my perfect world, I go off and make films, and then come home to my farm.

Home World Farm Perfect Go Off

People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.

People Luck You More Always Call

You want to have enough of a profile to be able to do all the work you can, but at the same time you want to have your own space. But there are a lot of actors who achieve it, a lot of movie stars even, people like Emily Watson and Cate Blanchett. They seem to be able to carry on with their lives and still produce wonderful, high-profile work.

Anne-Marie Duff

Work Stars Time Space People Enough

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