Elbert Hubbard
Writer, Publisher
"Fences are made for those who cannot fly."
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Fence
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E. M. Forster
Novelist, Essayist
"It makes a difference doesn't it, whether we fully fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others?"
Morrie Schwartz
Professor, Author
"When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Novelist
"he was figuratively following along beside her as she walked the fence, ready to catch her if she should fall."
Napoleon Hill
Author, Motivational Speaker
"Opportunity never sneaks up on those who straddle the fence of indecision."
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"We just had to stay out-of-the-way [in Fences]. [August Wilson] already wrote a masterpiece. And you really don't know how it's going to work until you get it in front of an audience."
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"[Movie "Fences"] is more than holds up today. We have had a tremendous response at the screenings."
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"I really wanted to show [in "fences"] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working."
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"When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life."
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"[Fences] is just a great play to bring to the screen."
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"You'll see some great performances [in Fences]. And I'm not just saying that because I directed it either! You'll see!"
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"In 2009, Scott Rudin sent me August's [Wilson] original screenplay [Fences] and asked me what I wanted to do with it. He wanted to know if I wanted to act in it, direct it or produce it. I said, "Well, let me read it first.""
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"If the fence is strong enough I'll sit on it."
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"It was hard, that confrontation scene [in "Fences"], that was a hard one. I felt like it was relentless, I never felt like I could just drop the ball when the coverage was on him or anything else."
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"We're on the other side of the fence now, Lena,' she says, tiredly, as she passes. "Don't you get it? You can't tell me what to feel."
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"Rousseau defined civilizations as when people build fences."
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"I went to a performing arts high school, we learned Shakespeare, I did 'Fences.' When you train, you can do anything."
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"What is this word that broke through the fence of your teeth, Atreides?"
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"Someone's always going to come down on the side of the fence."
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