"Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men?...Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act."

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Source : David Henry Hwang (1988). “M. Butterfly”, p.49, Dramatists Play Service Inc

David Henry Hwang

#Men Quotes #Roles Quotes

“Take away what we love, wed all be Joe Paterno.”
“She got the way to move me, Cherry, she got the way to groove me.”
“You have to want to listen to it, and then you can hear it. It has a strange, beautiful texture. It doesn't always talk. Sometimes-sometimes it cries, and you can hear the pain of the world in it. It hurts to listen to it then. But you have to.”
“I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable.”

Source : "Fictional character: Thomas More". "A Man for All Seasons", www.imdb.com. 1966.
“Every new time will give its law.”
“The most pernicious of absurdities is that weak, blind, stupid faith is better than the constant practice of every human virtue.”
“Why in times of need do we call on that one person? Why do we confide in that one person. Why do we feel safe with that one person? Why would we follow that one person anywhere? Because that person is a leader.”
“Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write.”

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