The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but we haven't gotten there yet.

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When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying...

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was...

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

You don't build a bond without being present.

You don't build a bond without being present.

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over...

Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over...

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in...

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.

Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.