"Broadway remains the closest thing we have to a national theatre, the place where the greatest number of people can potentially see new work. For an American playwright to say it doesn't matter is simply to capitulate to the current situation."

-- Tony Kushner

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“Getting its history wrong is part of being a nation.”
“We're taught to value ourselves not by the good we do but by the shoes we wear.”
“Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.”
“And again, the political economy in that particular environment means that, if my attraction ever coheres as a thought at all, it's never going to be verbalized, because that will mess up the education environment, it will mess up everything. You cannot claim to be doing good if you're moving in that direction.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Life at its essence boils down to one day at a time. Today is the day!”

Source : Jim Stovall (2001). “The Ultimate Gift”, p.131, David C Cook
“If I make my window ten days for stand-up, the conclusion is that I failed and that I'm not good at stand-up. If I make it ten years - if I just wait - the conclusion might be something totally different. I think it's so cool to do things in which you discover the malleability of your own mind.”
“Everyone is psychic to some degree, and really successful paranormal investigators even if they do not realize it are using their own psychic ability to sense the environment.”
“It is very difficult to sustain a high-quality relationship that has the kind of mutual intensity, that has a kind of mutual respect, without putting in time.”

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