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I think that's why August [Wilson] named her Rose [in "Fences"]; I really do. She's a rose in her sweetness and her kindness and in everything else, even her anger towards the end.


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This page presents the quote "I think that's why August [Wilson] named her Rose [in &quot;Fences&quot;]; I really do. She's a rose in her sweetness and her kindness and in everything else, even her anger towards the end.". Author of this quote is Viola Davis. This quote is about wilson, rose, anger, august, kindness, thinking, sweetness,.