Tennessee Williams Quotes

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.

Tennessee Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 26, 1911 - February 25, 1983

Topics

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Superheroes are modern mythological characters, so you're going to make them look impossible. Even my Krypto The Superdog is the idealisation of the canine form.

Jim Lee

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In a tripartite government with its checks and balances, we have lost the balances.

John Fleming

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When I was 11, I saw this ad for dish soap powder that said, 'Women all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans.' I was so angry. I couldn't understand why it didn't say men as well.

Meghan Markle

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When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it - right away.

Stewart Brand

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I can never resist Ruritanian intrigue: I was once charged with the task of offering the Estonian throne to Prince Edward. Feeling like a Dumas Musketeer on a mission, I did so, but he turned it down.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Improving veterans' employment is an all-hands-on-deck enterprise. We work with the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, with private sector partners and others.

Tom Perez

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I went to a drama club when I was little, but it was more of an excuse to flirt with girls than anything else. We never put on plays.

Rupert Friend

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I wish that there were more stringent laws to make guns sold anywhere that they're legal harder to get.

Rosie O'Donnell

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Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.

Ross Perot

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These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs. These premisses or beliefs are embodied in a tradition, the tradition of science.

Michael Polanyi

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Actors usually have a lot in common with kids.

Jason Robards

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There's a belonging problem in Hollywood. Who dictates who belongs? The very body who dictates that looks all one way.

Ava DuVernay

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