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Actor: What is my motivation?

Abbott, a legend in his time—he worked until

Time wounds all heels.

This play on the proverbial “Time heals all wounds” was attributed by Goodman Ace to his

The rarest gift that God bestows on man is the capacity for decision.

speech, Freedom House, New York City, April

The official language of the State of Illinois shall be known henceforth as the American language, and not as the

A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.

letter to

Art is the affirmation of life.

Adams attributed this saying to his great predecessor Alfred Stieglitz

in Playboy, May

Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore, laws have no

In this country … men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when

It's not that he “bites off more than he can chaw,”…but he chaws more than he bites off.

Occasionally true

These are the saddest of possible words,“Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance.”

The Chicago Cubs trio of shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers,

From the old-world point of view, the American had no mind; he had an economic thinking-machine which could work only

The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the hearts and minds of the people. …

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

For Adams's reaction upon hearing

Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.

Addams founded Hull House in

Do thou, great liberty, inspire our souls,And make our lives in thy possession happyOr our deaths glorious in

The cocktail is a pleasant drink;It's mild and harmless—I don't think.When you've had one, you call for two,

A house is not a home.

Ms. Adler ran one of New York City's fanciest brothels during the 1920s and

You can't be boring. Life is boring. The weather is boring. Actors must not be boring.

New York Times,

If you've seen one slum you've seen them all.

Vice President Agnew's attack style of political comment was new in