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The Piano Lesson
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"The Piano Lesson" Quotes

A family in 1930s Pittsburgh debates the significance of a piano with a carved history in their struggle to overcome the past.

Quotes

I ain't trying to make Pappy rich. I'm trying to make myself rich.

August Wilson

ambitionwealth

I got to take my rightful place in the world. My daddy died for this piano. This is my daddy's legacy.

August Wilson

legacyinheritance

I believe in the work. I believe in what I do.

August Wilson

beliefwork ethic

You can't sell your soul for money. Money's not gonna save your soul.

August Wilson

moneyintegrity

Sometimes to keep from killing somebody you got to kill a part of yourself.

August Wilson

self-controlconflict

You just can't take a man and throw him up against the wall and not expect him to do something about it.

August Wilson

injusticeresistance

The man who controls the water controls life.

August Wilson

powercontrol

I don't know what's right no more. I don't know what's wrong.

August Wilson

moralityconfusion

I ain't gonna let nobody sit at my table and drink out of my cup and talk about me and mine.

August Wilson

pridedignity

I ain't asking you to change. I'm asking you to take me with you.

August Wilson

acceptancebelonging