"The writing of Topdog was a great gift. I feel the play came to me because I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see it."

-- Suzan-Lori Parks

#Writing Quotes #Play Quotes #Despair Quotes

“You can be strong and true to yourself without being rude or loud.”

Source : "Big interview: Paula Radcliffe". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2004.
“Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.”
“Why shouldnâ€™t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.”
“I go back to the parallels with 1963, 1964 when white America really became aware of the brutality of segregation, the cruelty of the apartheid system which existed in the south. Then white people began to get on the freedom buses and travel to the south and be part of the voter registration drives and they... some of them were beaten and some of them were murdered but they stood with the African-American community and the civil rights movement. It's time for straight people to do that today and it is time for gay people to insist that they do that today.”

Source : Source: www.bilerico.com
“After The Sopranos, my mother said, "Couldn't there be some raft floating under the bridge when you jumped? Or couldn't you have a twin brother?" I said, "Yeah, if they'd wanted me that bad. But they don't."”

Source : Source: tv.avclub.com
“I don't know if I'll ever direct, but producing is dipping my toe into my behind-the-scenes world.”
“Behold this day. It is yours to make.”
“Why are philosophers intent on forcing others to believe things? Is that a nice way to behave towards someone?”

Source : Robert Nozick (1981). “Philosophical Explanations”, p.5, Harvard University Press

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