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Laura Wade Quotes

It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: british
Birth: 1977

Topics

Life Odd Playwright Mix

It takes a while to realize that just because you're a stand-up comedian and you do comedy, you're not going to be good at all comedy.

Good Comedy You Just Because Realize

I've failed a lot, you know, in football, and I've gone on a lot of auditions, been told no, been told I'm not right, so I know what failure feels like. It's about the work.

John David Washington

Work Failure Football You Know Gone

Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.

Father Future Business Me Lawyer

People are capable of incredible gallantry and terrible cruelty in situations of extreme duress. I tried to showcase that range in 'Enclave.'

People Cruelty Capable Terrible

I love interviews, meeting fans, teaching workshops, giving speeches... all of it.

MaryJanice Davidson

Love Giving Meeting Fans Interviews

I was told that the fact that I had nothing but good things to say about Judith Regan distinguished me. I enjoyed writing for Judith. I really enjoyed working with Victoria Wilson at Knopf, and Simon & Schuster, they've all been great experiences.

Good Great Me Good Things Writing

Building up the arms did not cause the fall of Eastern Europe.

Building Fall Europe Up Arms Cause

At times unpopular measures are needed in order to change behaviour.

Change Order Unpopular Behaviour

I had a journalist slap me, and it wasn't anyone that I had ever met before. I was at the airport.

Me Airport Slap Before Met Ever

To me, a sex scene in a movie generally means a gratuitous scene that doesn't serve the story but gives a kind of excuse - we've got these two actors, we want to see them naked, so let's bring in the music and the soft light.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Music Light Me Story Sex Kind

And it was a huge emotional thing to leave the law and become unemployed - to be a student again.

David Steinberg

Law Student Become Emotional Leave

In their pursuit of growth and diversification, African economies should consider transforming the discourse from a focus on industrialisation to a broader one centred on value addition in agriculture, manufacturing, and services.

Arancha Gonzalez

Growth Focus Value Agriculture

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