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People Quotes by Tennessee Williams
- Only some radical change can divert the downward course of my spirit, some startling new place or people to arrest the drift, the drag.
- If people behaved in the same way nations do they would all be put in straitjackets.
- Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you
- There are no 'good' or 'bad' people. Some are a little better or a little worse, but all are activated more by misunderstanding than malice.…
- All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
- I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out…
- If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don't regret having concerned myself with them because I…
- We are all civilized people, wich means that we are all savages at heart but observing a few amenities of civilized behaviour.
- Why, man alive, Laura! Just look about you a little. What do you see? A world full of common people! All of 'em born and…
- I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell…
- You said, 'They’re harmless dreamers and they’re loved by the people.' 'What,' I asked you, 'is harmless about a dreamer, and what,' I asked you,…
- Val: Why do you go out there? Sandra: Because dead people give such good advice. Val: What advice do they give? Sandra: Just one word-…
- Since that day, when people have spoken to me of "genius", I have felt the inside pocket to make sure my wallet's still there.
- Q.Do you have any positive message, in your opinion? A.Indeed I do think that I do. Q.Such as what? A.The crying, almost screaming, need of…
- People go to the movies instead of moving.
- Of course you always had that detached quality as if you were playing a game without much concern over whether you won or lost, and…
- Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you--gently, with love, and hand…
- People are not so dreadful when you know them. That's what you have to remember! And everybody has problems, not just you, but practically everybody…
- I don't mean what other people mean when they speak of a home, because I don't regard a home as a...well, as a place, a…
- The theatre is a place where one has time for the problems of people to whom one would show the door if they came to…
- People go to the movies instead of moving. Hollywood characters are supposed to have all the adventures for everybody in America, while everybody in America…
- I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or wrong ways that…
- Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you - gently, with love,…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
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- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
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- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle