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Playwrights"Theatre is a form of understanding; it ought to and can likewise be a way of changing culture." This is among the numerous motivating quotes by prominent playwright August Wilson, who is known for his jobs that discover the African-American experience. Wilson's plays have been performed on Broadway and also worldwide, and his words have ended up being a resource of motivation for numerous. Via his works, Wilson has actually revealed us the power of theater to produce social change as well as to produce a far better world. His words remind us of the significance of theatre in our lives and also the potential it has to make a distinction.
Small: Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity but strong and deep ones have two high tides
"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"
David Hare, Playwright
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Small: Wont you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
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Small: If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts
W. Somerset Maugham
"If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
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Small: I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me
Terence
"I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons
Carlo Goldoni
"He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons"
Carlo Goldoni, Playwright
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Small: It wasnt until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say I dont know.
W. Somerset Maugham
"It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know.""
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby
W. Somerset Maugham
"We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul
W. Somerset Maugham
"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe
"I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe"
Laurence Housman, Playwright
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Small: I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old
"I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old"
Laurence Housman, Playwright
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Small: The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes
W. Somerset Maugham
"The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned
W. Somerset Maugham
"The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
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Small: Their silence is praise enough
Terence
"Their silence is praise enough"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a reader of my own plays to audiences who like to
"But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a reader of my own plays to audiences who like to hear them; and that experience of immediate appreciation gives greater pleasure and more stimulus towards further activity than even the most laudatory of reviews"
Laurence Housman, Playwright
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Small: Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind
Aeschylus
"Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind"
Aeschylus, Playwright
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Small: There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action
W. Somerset Maugham
"There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: A suicide kills two people, Maggie, thats what its for!
Arthur Miller
"A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!"
Arthur Miller, Playwright
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Small: Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick
"Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick"
Samuel Beckett, Playwright
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Small: But we are not in the world to be good but to change it
Edward Bond
"But we are not in the world to be good but to change it"
Edward Bond, Playwright
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Small: Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics
Dario Fo
"Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics"
Dario Fo, Playwright
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Small: It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour
W. Somerset Maugham
"It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: The writer is more concerned to know than to judge
W. Somerset Maugham
"The writer is more concerned to know than to judge"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five
W. Somerset Maugham
"Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: Nothing is said that has not been said before
Terence
"Nothing is said that has not been said before"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: Extreme law is often extreme injustice
Terence
"Extreme law is often extreme injustice"
Terence, Playwright
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Small: It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation
"It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was not to be medieval in its treatment"
Laurence Housman, Playwright
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Small: It is always in season for old men to learn
Aeschylus
"It is always in season for old men to learn"
Aeschylus, Playwright
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Small: Man must shape his tools lest they shape him
Arthur Miller
"Man must shape his tools lest they shape him"
Arthur Miller, Playwright
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