"The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it."

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Source : Augusto Boal (2000). “Theater of the Oppressed”, p.122, Pluto Press

Augusto Boal

#People Quotes #Acting Quotes #Weapons Quotes

“To live in God is death; to die in God is life.”
“I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work.”
“Itâ€™s really hard to hate someone for being different when youâ€™re too busy laughing together.”
“When I'm hiring someone I look for magic and a spark. Little things that intuitively give me a gut feeling that this person will go to the ends of the earth to accomplish the task at hand”

Source : "Tommy Mottola: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 3013.
“I'm an old curmudgeon and I know it.”
“Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.”
“Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack.”
“My personal credo as a libertarian conservative: I think all attempts to reform your fellow-citizens or tell them how to live their lives are arrogant and tyrannical. THAT'S why I oppose Leftism. I want people to be free to manage their own lives. Reform is just authoritarianism. People are not playthings for anybody's theories or obsessions.”

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