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George C. Wolfe Quotes

In the early '90s or so, I drove my father to Providence, Ky., his hometown, and he was pointing out, 'That's where the doctor's office was,' and 'That's where we bought ice cream.' And he was pointing to empty lots. When you lose communities, what do you have? We often survive by remembering the stories.

George C. Wolfe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: american
Birth: September 23, 1954

Topics

Father Doctor Survive Hometown Lose

Growing up, my religious identity was primarily one of confusion. Nothing was pushed on me; nothing was overtly offered.

Identity Me Growing Up Growing Up

I feel like I prefer movies, but, at the same time, theater is so exciting when you're doing it. It's a harder job doing theater.

Ana de la Reguera

Time Job Feel Doing You Movies

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Character You Top Ability May Get

Putin regards Stalin as a great tsar; he is a great tsar. Asked who the worst tsars were, he said Nicholas II and Gorbachev.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Great Said Worst Who He Regards

I am pro-freedom.

And it's true, you hear things in Damascus and, after a few hours, the human double-take stops operating.

You True Human Things Hours Hear

Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to go toward greater equity. This country does not have a neoliberal economic model anymore. We have put in place a lot of policies that will ensure that economic growth goes hand in hand with social justice.

Michelle Bachelet

Growth Justice Democracy Poverty Go

Love Berlin I Love

I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.

Marriage Gay Quiet Why Gay Marriage

I have no agenda - just to be loved.

Clarence Clemons

Loved Just Agenda

I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop.

Humble People Look Down Nose Here

I'm just ah, actually developing a tv show for HBO, and I'm directing a film this summer, and actually I'm doing some live shows out in western Canada.

Bruce McCulloch

Live Doing Canada Summer Out Film

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