"To ask larger questions is to risk getting things wrong. Not to ask them at all is to constrain the life of understanding"

-- George Steiner

#Understanding Quotes #Risk Quotes #Constrain Quotes

“Originally the structure was . . . a modern narrator who would appear intermittently and talk about his memories of his grandmother, which would then be juxtaposed against scenes from the past. But the stories from the past were always more interesting that the things in the present. I find this almost endemic to modern plays that veer between past and present. . . . So as we've gone on developing GOLDEN CHILD, the scenes from the past have become more dominant, and all that remains of the present are these two little bookends that frame the action.”
“I used to take taekwondo and made it to brown belt.”
“There are times when I draw near enough to touch Him, then I know that He has been there all the time”
“I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.”
“Adolescents do get very angry with their parents, and acknowledging this anger is part of acknowledging them. If the anger is notacknowledged then its expression is increased. The parent seems super-strong. The adolescent tries to become the super-attacker.”
“There are no strangers in Freemasonry, only friends you've yet to meet.”
“I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I'm not being immodest when I say I'm a natural athlete.”
“You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.”

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