Terry Teachout Quotes

A playwright who limits himself - or is limited - to a handful of characters is forced to concentrate on the essentials of the situation that he has chosen to portray.

Terry Teachout

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 6, 1956

Topics

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The minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which the nation measures its morals.

Jimmy Swaggart

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Growing up, the only acts that came to us in Alaska were the big ones. The Mariah Careys.

John Gourley

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You're used to seeing values listed on waiting-room walls. Communication, integrity, excellence, and respect. Those were actually Enron's values.

John Collison

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I love it! You know, when I tour college campuses, I always find that the prettiest girls in the room are the ones in the College Republicans.

Ann Coulter

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You don't always have to have the most amazing story. It's learning to share the story you have that counts.

Amy Purdy

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The traditional spokespersons for the Evangelicals, such as Chuck Colson and James Dobson, have become alarmed about this drift away from the 'Family Values' issues that they believe should be the overwhelming concerns of Evangelicals. They have expressed their displeasure in letters of protest circulated through the religious media.

Tony Campolo

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You can't manage by memo. You can't stand up there and just send out edicts. I think you just gotta really personalize your relationships.

Tony La Russa

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I feel like in every situation in life, I just always end up singing, like, anywhere.

Ruth B

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The American people don't want Obamacare. It has been forced on the American people, despite the fact that Democrats no longer control the House.

Rush Limbaugh

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As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

Michael Johnson

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I just don't want to be famous. I feel like there's a lot of sacrifice in that I'm not really willing to make.

Missy Peregrym

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As I got into middle school, I was really an outcast. But everybody was an outcast in middle school. I don't know who got the idea to put all kids going through puberty together in a school and give them academic elitism and competition and pit them against each other.

Jordan Gavaris

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